Between January 31 to February 1, heavy
rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...
s in
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
caused
flood
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...
s. On February 1, five people were killed by the floods, with one more person missing.
On March 7, a storm hit the
Puerto Plata province of the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
and the
Nord Department of Haiti, leaving 2 Haitians dead.
On September 1, a flood destroyed upwards of 350 homes and killed 3 in the
Ouest Department.
See also
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Weather of 2023
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023. The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño, with record high global average surface temperatures. The several weather events which had a significant imp ...
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2023 Haiti floods
References
2022 floods in North America
2022 in Haiti
Floods in the Caribbean
Natural disasters in Haiti
January 2022 events in Haiti
February 2022 events in Haiti
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