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Haiti Braces for Flooding as Storm Season Opens
In Port au Prince amid 1.5 million homeless after the January earthquake Haitians face a predicted very wet season. Government plans lag while shelters crumble under rain and disease risk, with only about 7,000 relocated to two camps. Local residents describe dire conditions as aid groups push for faster action and shelter construction continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Caribbean
Jean Pape
Mark L. Schneider
International Crisis Group
Port-au- Prince
Claudia Toussaint
U.N
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jean-Max Bellerive
Associated Press
Bellerive
Jeanne
Ple
Dominican Republic
Pape
Gheskio
Salvation Army
Jacmel
Rene Preval
Schneider