Les Cayes (Haiti), July 4, 2024 [AlterPresse] — Floods and immense material damage to housing and the agricultural sector were recorded in several municipalities in the great South of Haiti, during the passage of major hurricane Beryl, on Tuesday July 2 and Wednesday July 3, 2024, according to a report, drawn up by the departmental directorate of civil protection of the South, after the passage of cyclone Beryl, on Tuesday July 2 and Wednesday July 3, 2024, over the Republic of Haiti, and transmitted to the online agency AlterPresse.
This report concerns 20 municipalities in the South, including Les Cayes (the main city in economic importance in the South department) and various coastal towns in the South.
These are the coastal towns of Aquin, Saint-Louis du Sud, Les Cayes, Île-à-Vache, Saint-Jean du Sud, Torbeck, Port-Salut, Roche-à-Bateau, Port-à-Piment, Chardonnières, Côteaux, Les Anglais, Tiburon, and the other towns of Cavaillon, Maniche, Arniquet, Chantal, Ducis, Camp Perrin.
No material damage was reported in Fond-des-Blancs.
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Floods in Les Cayes and on Île-à-Vache
Around fifteen households (including 8 girls and 4 boys aged 0 to 8) had to be housed in the Philippe Guerrier High School in Les Cayes, after being affected by the flooding of their homes.
The streets of Chatodin, du quai, the first main street in Les Cayes were flooded.
On the Icaques peninsula, around ten houses were also flooded by the effects of marine submersion from the Cayes Sea.
On Île-à-Vache, marine submersions flooded homes in Pierre le Nantais, Ilet à Brouée and Caille-à-l’eau, as well as in coastal areas (Madame Bernard, Pointesque, Soulette, Grand Sable, Caille Coq, Source Bombara, Cocoyer, Anse-à-Canot).
Fishing boats destroyed and plantations devastated
The strong sea waves destroyed and swept away many fishing boats in Aquin, Saint-Louis du Sud, Les Cayes, Île-à-Vache, Saint-Jean du Sud, Torbeck, Port-Salut, Roche-à-Bateau, Port-à-Piment, Chardonnières, Côteaux, Les Anglais and Tiburon.
Several plantations were devastated during the heavy rains in these coastal municipalities as well as in other non-coastal municipalities in the Sud department, notes the Sud departmental civil protection.
In Port Salut, the roofs of some homes were also damaged during the strong winds and rainfall.
Floods also in the South-East
Flooding caused by rising sea levels has been reported in several municipalities, particularly in the South-East, where waters have risen to 100 metres in places, reports civil protection.
Rescue of a boat in the Cayemites Islands, in Grande Anse (a part of the South-West of Haiti
In the Cayemites Islands, the occupants of a small boat in distress, coming from Port-au-Prince, were rescued by rescuers, dispatched by the interim executive council of the Cayemites Islands.
Agriculture affected in Grand Boucan, Nippes department (another part of South-West Haiti)
Damage was also recorded in plantations in Grand Boucan, a commune (in the district of Baradères) located in the department of Nippes.
Ban on cabotage operations on the southern coasts
Assessments are continuing on the southern coasts and in other non-coastal municipalities in the departments of South-East, South, Grade Anse and Nippes, to determine the effects of the passage of cyclone Beryl, on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July 2024.
Due to dangerous sea conditions on the southern coast of Haiti, cabotage operations have been prohibited until Wednesday evening, July 3, 2024.
Yellow alert was issued for the departments of Nippes and Ouest, where the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is located.
Orange alert was declared for the South of the country during the day of Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
Many victims as the first major hurricane, Cyclone Beryl, of the 2024 hurricane season passes
Seven deaths and considerable damage were recorded in the Caribbean, as the first major hurricane of the 2024 hurricane season, named Beryl, passed through.
Cyclone Beryl reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it passed over the Caribbean Sea.
This very dangerous phenomenon caused a lot of damage to the islands of the Antilles, which it directly hit. [emb rc apr 04/07/2024 15:00]
