Wednesday early in the day as part of government efforts to take stock of the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, in order to develop appropriate responses to affected families, the de facto President Jocelerme Privert, accompanied by the US Ambassador, Peter Mulrean and Mrs. Alta Jean-Baptiste Director of Civil Protection, left Port-au-Prince aboard a plane to the US Coast Guard for a Great South overflight to get an idea of the situation.

He was able to see the extent of damage caused by Matthew. The situation of the main cities overflown : Jérémie, Les Cayes, Port-Salut, Petite-Rivière de Nippes, Dame Marie, among other is catastrophic and require emergency interventions. Privert extremely concerned about the impact on the population, said he was determined to do everything possible, at the Government together with the friends of Haiti, to provide practical solutions and emergency disaster relief.

Thereafter Privert, accompanied by the Prime Minister, Jean-Charles, chaired a special Council of Ministers to decide on the best responses to the affected families in the affected areas.

The Council of Ministers has allowed the Head of State and members of the Government to reflect on the good management post Matthew period. The Government took the opportunity to address the issue of the difficult delivery of aid, due to terrestrial means of communication, which in some places is almost impossible. To this end, helicopters are expected this Thursday to identify landing zones.

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After this initial aerial assessment and that Council of Ministers, a meeting is scheduled in the morning of Thursday, October 6 for a report of the situation, resulting from the data collected by each ministry and for better synchronization of resources.

SL/ HaitiLibre