29616: Craig (news) Haiti Floods Kill 3, Wash Away Roads (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From:  Dan Craig


December 5, 2006
Haiti Floods Kill 3, Wash Away Roads
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:25 p.m. ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Floods triggered by nearly two weeks of heavy 
rain have washed away roads and bridges, wiped out crops and killed at least 
three people in western Haiti, the International Red Cross said Tuesday.

The destruction has been most severe in the rural departments of Grande Anse 
and Nippes, along the impoverished Caribbean nation's vulnerable southwestern 
peninsula. Flooding has also affected the northwestern town of Port-de-Paix.

Haitian Red Cross workers have been providing first aid to injured residents 
and moving flood-stricken villagers to temporary shelters, the International 
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.

The Geneva-based group said it has asked donors for $522,800 to buy hygiene 
kits, water, blankets and mosquito nets for 17,500 people affected by flooding.

The rain began Nov. 22, unleashing flash floods that killed livestock, damaged 
two hospitals and isolated many remote villages in the heavily deforested 
country.

In August, Hurricane Ernesto washed away wooden shacks and killed at least two 
people along Haiti's peninsula.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Haiti-Floods.html?ex=1165986000&en=8d748f7b5eba8015&ei=5070&emc=eta1