HAITI:Heavy Rains' Impacts in Department of Nippes and Nord (Update of 15 November 2012)

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HAITI:Heavy rains’ Impacts in Department of Nippes and Nord (update of 15 november 2012)

Heavy rains between 8 and 9 November 2012 resulted in flooding Government and several humanitarian partners are on the field for assessment and for the first areas in 4 department Nippes, Nord, Nord-Ouest and Nord-Est. assistance/response to population in affected departments. The most affected departments are the Nippes and the Nord.

IMPACTS Port-de-Paix

1 Cap Dead, Missing, evacuated people Haitien 14 4 1,500 NORD-OUEST Limonade Quartier-morin 2 17,302 flooded houses for 17,302 affected families, Fort-Liberté Plaissance NORD 3 More than 17 destroyed houses, NORD-EST Gonaives 4 8 schools destroyed for 1,200 students, 5 More and more new cholera cases. ARTIBONITE

NEEDS Hinche Distribution (for more than 3,000 families): - Dry food rations, - hygiene kits, - kitchen sets, - tarpaulins, - school kits, - water, inputs for water treatment. CENTRE Infrastructures: - Road clearing, - protection of banks of rivers, - irrigation canals cleaning, - cleaning and protection of gullies, Health: - Disinfection of houses in affected areas, - psychosocial support for affected families Livehoods (for 10,000 famillies): Cash and food for work for families in affected areas OUEST Jérémie Port-au-Prince Petit Trou REFERENCE DATA GRANDE-ANSE Baraderes NIPPES Departments Communes #people #ménages #Male #Female Pop >=18 Pop <18 AreaKm2 Density Cap Haitien 249,541 48,384 115,811 133,730 145,870 103,671 54 29,169 l’Asile Miragoane Quartier Morin 24,881 5,606 12,654 12,227 14,436 10,445 60 7,753 Fonds Nord SUD Limonade 50,150 10,291 25,429 24,721 27,496 22,654 132 30,297 des Negres Jacmel Plaisance 63,278 12,026 31,307 31,971 33,321 29,957 131 9,657 Cayes SUD-EST Miragoane 56864 13889 28752 28110 32554 24310 186.87 11679 Fonds Des Negres 30,387 6,937 15,195 15,192 17,400 12,987 94 3,564 Nippes Petit Trou 27273 6465 14888 12385 15418 11855 153.19 8205 L'Asile 37352 8314 19515 17837 21155 16197 153.82 3945 Baraderes 37,509 8,758 20,618 17,161 20,814 16,695 193 25,837

Creation date: 15 November 2012 Sources:OCHA sub-office in Artibonite, Director of Civilian Protection (DPC), Humanitarian partners in Nord and Nippes 25km http://haiti.humanitarianresponse.info, www.reliefweb.int The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.