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Haitians ’screaming for help’ after storms
September 5th, 2008
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Two AP stories, under the same above title; tell of the the latest tragedy for our neighbor; just 700 miles off of the Florida coast.
National news media has not seen fit to give this regional story much play; but we need not lapse into the reasons why that is as it is normal and has been explored in various situations.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that:
SAINT-MARC, Haiti (AP) — Haitian families scrambled onto rooftops and screamed for help Tuesday in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain to reach them.
Iris Norsil, 20, managed to flee the western coastal city of Gonaives and told The Associated Press that people there were isolated by muddy waters as evening fell, many seeking refuge on rooftops as wind gusts drove horizontal sheets of rain that flooded roads and buildings.
“They are screaming for help,” Norsil said, as a U.N. aid convoy tried unsuccessfully to drive into Gonaives, now surrounded by a virtual lake of floodwaters. A team of AP journalists accompanied the convoy.
Another convoy carrying Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis had to abandon efforts at getting into Gonaives when one of the cars was nearly swept away, said Julian Frantz, a Haitian police officer who was providing security for the group.
And then later in an article under the same title the AP states that:
SAINT-MARC, Haiti — Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti on Wednesday, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost more than 100 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August.
The storm is still expected to change course, sweep across the Bahamas and then start climbing along the U.S. coastline by the weekend, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami — with some chance it could bring tropical storm force winds to New York City.
Haitian authorities on Wednesday reported two more deaths caused by Hanna, raising the toll to 23.
Floodwaters swamped a hospital in the Les Cayes area, forcing nurses to move patients to higher floors. At least 5,000 people in Les Cayes remained in shelters, said Jean-Renand Valiere, a coordinator for the civil protection department.
All above pictures are courtesy of the AP as well. Many more powerful pictures from Haiti can be seen here.
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Thankyou for reporting on this, Yobachi.
No doubt; are you the one who stumbled it?
Very touching news. Great post from you.
Thanks love-ely!