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Haiti - FLASH : Weather alert, call for caution
18/06/2017 08:21:04

The passage of the 14th tropical wave of the season, will continue to influence the meteorological situation in Haiti this weekend. Rains could cause flooding and landslides in both urban and rural areas. In anticipation, the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) of the Ministry of Interior call on the population to be more cautious.

Friday afternoon and evening moderate to heavy precipitation has already occurred in several communes in the North East, Artibonite and Center departments where a beginning of flooding was reported at Hinche.

The DPC calls on people in high-risk areas, especially those living near rivers and gullies, to exercise caution and to take all necessary precautions against possible sudden flash floods and flooding.

Civil Protection structures are increasing awareness in areas at high risk of flooding, collapse and landslide.

Quake :
Moreover, 3 days after the earth trembled in the Nippes, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21252-haiti-news-zapping.html the Directorate of Civil Protection, informs that a small earthquake was felt Saturday in late afternoon in Peguy-Ville (Pétion-ville).

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