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Quake drives mass return to flood prone Gonaives region
In Haiti, tens of thousands flee Port au Prince after a major earthquake and floodwaters push families back toward Gonaives. Survivors recall past floods during Jeanne, Hanna, and Ike, as ongoing disaster risk threatens relocation plans and livelihoods. Marie Delphin Alceus loses relatives in the quake and floods, forcing a fragile return to the 300,000-resident coastal city with a new but low road that risks being submerged again.
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Gonaives
Haiti
Port-au- Prince
Marie Delphin Alceus
Katya
Artibonite
Jeanne
Hanna
Ike
Miami
Port-au-Prince
Alceus
France
World Economic Forum
Davos
Switzerland
Nicaragua
Port-au-Prince's
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza