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Haiti - FLASH : New death toll 122 victims (OFFICIAL)
06/10/2016 21:19:08

After three 3 days of bad weather accompanied by heavy rain in some places, violent and devastating winds, cyclonic swells, big waves, and floods breaking everything in their way, "the provisional report of casualties listed at 6 October rose to 122 dead, 2 missing and 91 injured," just informed he Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Communities (MICT).

The last official assessment stood at 108 victims https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18846-haiti-flash-matthew-the-death-toll-considerably-increases-more-than-100-victims-update.html

The hurricane Matthew, left behind him more than 115,000 affected families, 25,160 houses severely damaged, nearly 500 houses destroyed and 178 schools damaged, while 61.102 people have been evacuated and most assisted directly by the authorities during the hurricane.

It is also to deplore the catastrophic damage on the plantations and livestock, decapitalizating a large number of growers, farmers and breeders https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18839-haiti-agriculture-heavy-preliminary-assessment.html

NOTE : The number of 122 victims included only cases that have been confirmed by the authorities in charge of emergency. Several other sources (local elected etc...) are talking of nearly 300 victims but this number is not official.

HL/ HaitiLibre