P-au-P, 22 from 2024 [AlterPresse] — The heavy stormy rains and gusts of winds, which fall on Haiti, from Wednesday May 22 to Thursday May 23, 2024, could cause, during the day and in the evening, floods and landslides, particularly in the Southeast, the South, Grande Anse and Nippes (South-West) and the West, where the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is located.
This alert is launched by the Hydro-meteorological Unit (Uhm), in a bulletin consulted by the online agency AlterPresse.
This precipitation will also affect the North, the Central Plateau, the Artibonite, and the North-West, during the night.
The sea is rough and rough offshore.
In the evening, waves could reach up to 9 feet high on the southern coasts and 8 feet high in the Gulf of Gonâve.
The Uhm advises sailors of rowboats, sailboats and small boats to especially avoid venturing offshore.
13 people lost their lives, including 12 in a landslide, in Cap-Haïtien (North), following the torrential rains which fell on the city for several days, according to the report published on Friday May 3, 2024 by the protection civil.
2,260 houses were also flooded, 28 damaged and three others completely destroyed. [emb rc apr 22/05/ 2024 09:10]
