Bassin-Bleu (Northwest of Haiti), May 23, 2024 [AlterPresse] — There is a great urgent need for medication for the victims, after the whirlwind that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday May 21, 2024 at the Source and Fonds Papaye, localities in the commune of Bassin-Bleu, in the department of the North-West, one of the interim executive agents of this commune, Dodo Fatilien, tells AlterPresse/AlterRadio.
Affected people need water, food, emergency kits, adds Fatilien, who calls for a state response.
Around fifty people were injured, including 10 seriously, during this whirlwind in Bassin-Bleu, according to a new report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti (Ocha).
More than 200 houses have been destroyed and more than 300 families are left homeless.
The natural phenomenon of May 21, 2024 was a “large-scale whirlwind”, Emmanuel Pierre, director of operations at the National Emergency Operation Center (Coun), insisted on Radio Magik 9. [mff emb rc apr 23/05/2024 15:40]
