Throughout its history,

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 ...

has suffered

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hurricane A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

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s, torrential rains, floods and earthquakes. The hurricane season in Haiti lasts from June to the end of November. The following is a non-exhaustive list of natural disasters which have struck Haiti.

Disasters

; : * ;1684 : * Earthquake ;1691 ;* Earthquake ;1751 *3 June: Earthquake at Port-au-Prince and areas to the south. The city and towns were destroyed. ;1816 *18–19 November: a

caused considerable damage in the countryside of Ouest

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

and in the Gulf of Gonâve. ;1842 *7 May: Earthquake at Cap-Haïtien and throughout the north. The town of Cap-Haïtien was destroyed along with the towns of Port-de-Paix, Gonaïves, and Fort-Liberté, and many towns in 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 ...

were affected. ;1887 *23 September: Earthquake in the western region of Haiti. ;1904 *Earthquake in the north of the country. Port-de-Paix and Cap-Haïtien were severely affected. ;

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

*12 November:

in Ouest département. Around 150 victims were counted in plaine du Cul de Sac alone. ;

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

*12 August: cyclone on the southern peninsula, which devastated Jacmel and Jérémie. ;

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

*21 October:

Sud Sud or SUD may refer to: Places * Sud (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency), a constituency in Luxembourg * Sud (department), an administrative subdivision of Haiti * Sud Department (Ivory Coast), defunct administrative subdivision of I ...

and Sud-Est départements. people perished. ;

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

*Earthquake in the northeast

accompanied by a

tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...

in the region of Nagua. Haiti was also affected. ;

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

*27 October: earthquake at

Anse-à-Veau Anse-à-Veau ( ht, Ansavo) is a commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti. The postal code is HT 7510. In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Anse-a-Veau was swollen by refugees from the afflicted are ...

in Grand'Anse killed 6 and rendered thousands homeless. ;

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

*11–12 October: Hurricane Hazel affected every part of Haiti. At more than 249 km/h, the hurricane devastated the country, killing several thousand people. ;

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

*3 October:

Hurricane Flora Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of at least 7,193. The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season, Flora developed from a disturbance in th ...

struck the Sud and Ouest départements, causing over deaths. *14 November: flooding of the Grande Rivière du Nord killed almost 500 people. ;

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

*24 August: Hurricane Cleo hit the south coast, especially the

Cayes-Jacmel Cayes-Jacmel ( ht, Kay Jakmèl) is a commune in the Jacmel Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 36693 inhabitants. Cayes-Jacmel is down the road from Cyvadier and home to a lovely public beach and has a remarkable farmers ...

region, causing 192 deaths. ;

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

*29 September: Hurricane Inez devastated, at more than 170 km/h, the Sud and Ouest départements * Earthquake ;1976 : *20 May: Floods in the Cayes-Jacmel region. 20 people lost presumed dead, considerable property damage. ;

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

*5 August: Hurricane Allen, at more than 270 km/h, struck the south coast, especially the Cayes-Jacmel region, causing approximately 200 deaths. * Atlantic hurricane season ;1984 : *10 June: floods at Port-de-Paix. ;

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

*1 June: Floods in the Cayes-Jacmel region. hectares of land were flooded and several thousand homes damaged. *23 October: flooding at Ile de la Gonâve. 31 killed, 906 homeless, more than 380 houses destroyed or damaged. ;

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

*27 April: flooding at Port-de-Paix. *8 May: flooding at

Thiotte Thiotte ( ht, Tyòt) is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a muni ...

in Sud-Est département and in the

Delmas Delmas may refer to: People * Antoine Guillaume Delmas (1766–1813), French revolutionary and Napoleonic general * Benjamin Delmas (born 1976), French ice dancer * Bert Delmas (Albert Charles Delmas, 1911–1979), American baseball player * Cali ...

and Caradeux neighbourhoods of

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

. ;

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

*27 January: flooding in the Nord-Ouest département. *20 June: flooding in

L'Estère L'Estère ( ht, Lestè) is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a m ...

in the Artibonite département. *11 September: Hurricane Gilbert devastated the south coast, particularly the

, Camp-Perrin, Cavaillon,

Cayes A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...

, Île à Vache, Jacmel, Jérémie,

Kenscoff Kenscoff ( ht, Kenskòf) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti, located in the foothills of the Chaîne de la Selle mountain range, some 10 kilometres to the southeast of the capital city of Port-au-P ...

and

Port-Salut Port-Salut is a coastal commune in the Sud department of Haiti. Port-Salut is a popular destination for local Haitians, as well as tourists, due to the surrounding beaches. Port-Salut is the hometown of Haiti's former president, Jean-Bertr ...

regions. *8 October: flooding in the Plaine de Léogâne. ;

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

*23 February: flooding in Île de la Gonâve. families affected, houses destroyed and 1640 damaged. ;

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

*12 and 13 November:

Hurricane Gordon Hurricane Gordon was a long-lived and catastrophic late-season hurricane of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season. The twelfth and final tropical cyclone of the season, Gordon formed as a tropical depression in the southwestern Caribbean on Novem ...

crossed Sud-Est département and the southern peninsula, causing flooding and approximately 2,000 deaths and disappearances. ;

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

*23 September:

Hurricane Georges Hurricane Georges () was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde Category 4 hurricane which caused severe destruction as it traversed the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in September 1998, making eight landfalls along its path. Georges was the sevent ...

devastated the Sud-Est and Nord-Ouest départements, causing 147 deaths, 34 serious injuries, 40 disappearances, and displaced. ;

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

*24–27 May: Flooding on the southern peninsula. The town of Camp Perrin and the settlements of

L'Asile L'Asile ( ht, Lazil) is a List of communes of Haiti, commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes Departments of Haiti, department of Haiti. It has 30,240 inhabitants. The name comes from French meaning "the asylum" probably it was u ...

and

were worst affected by the

s. 31 dead, 14 disappeared and more than displaced in the dans le Sud département. ;

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

*23–24 May: Torrential rains which pounded the south-east of Haiti during the night caused deaths, disappearances and displaced person
Mapou

Belle-Anse Belle-Anse ( ht, Bèlans) is a commune in the Belle-Anse Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 51,707 inhabitants. History The town's previous name was Saltrou, a name that is still commonly used by some old timers. The nam ...

with 432 dead
Bodary
with 350 dead and

Fonds-Verrettes Fonds-Verrettes ( ht, Fonvèrèt) is a commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. It has 40,224 inhabitants and lies adjacent to the Dominican Republic–Haiti border The Dominican Republic–Haiti borde ...

with 237 victims, all located in Sud-Est département, were the places most badly hit.
The gravity of this situation led the interim government of Boniface and Latortue to declare Friday 28 May a day of national mourning. *10 September: Hurricane Ivan struck the southern peninsula and west coast, causing serious damage in several areas due to flooding. *18–19 September:

Hurricane Jeanne Hurricane Jeanne was a Saffir–Simpson scale, Category 3 hurricane that struck the Caribbean and the Eastern United States in September 2004. It was the deadliest hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Mitch, Mitch in 1998 Atlantic hur ...

crossed the western section of Haiti and the Artibonite, causing flooding which killed . In addition: injured, 846 disappeared and displaced. With more than dead, Gonaïves was the most seriously affected city. ;

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

*6 and 7 July:

Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. F ...

touched the south-east coast of Haiti, causing flooding in several towns in Sud (

Bainet Bainet ( ht, Benè) is a commune in the Bainet Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 62,300 inhabitants. In late 1791 and early 1792, during the early Haitian Revolution, slaves in Bainet rebelled as part of the Trou Coffy ...

Grand-Goâve Grand Goâve ( ht, Grangwav) is a commune in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of southwestern Haiti. The Rivière de Grand Goâve passes to the east of the town. It is bridged by National Route No. 2 to the south and forde ...

, Les Cayes...) and leaving more than 500 homeless. *4 October: Floods in several parts of the country, including Pétion-Ville and

in Ouest département, where the high water caused considerable loss of property. The government did not make a final accounting of this catastrophe. *17–18 October:

Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was an extremely intense and destructive Atlantic hurricane which was the most intense storm of its kind and the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015. Part ...

struck the west and south of Haiti. *23 October:

Tropical Storm Alpha The name Alpha or Alfa has been used for three subtropical cyclones and one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean: * Subtropical Storm Alpha (1972), pre-season storm that made landfall in Georgia * Subtropical Storm Alfa (1973), briefly threatene ...

crossed the south peninsula, affecting the départements of Grand'Anse and Nippes. *25 October: Flooding caused by torrential rain hit many parts of the Nord-Ouest département, particularly the settlements of Port-de-Paix, Bassin-Bleu,

Anse-à-Foleur Anse-à-Foleur ( ht, Ansafolè) is a commune in the Saint-Louis-du-Nord Arrondissement Saint-Louis-du-Nord ( ht, Sen Lwi dinò) is an arrondissement in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 146,567 inhabitants. Po ...

and Saint-Louis du Nord. ;

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

*22 and 23 November: heavy rain caused flooding in Grand'Anse, Nippes and Nord-Ouest départements, causing damage to roadways including the collapse of a bridge across Ravine Sable at Trou-Bonbon. ;

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

*17 March: floods caused by rain and storms hit a large part of Haiti for over a week. Six départements were particularly affected: **Grand'Anse: Jérémie, Abricots,

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Les Irois Les Irois ( ht, Lèziwa) is a commune in the Anse-d'Hainault Arrondissement Anse d'Hainault ( ht, Ansdeno) is an arrondissement of the Grand'Anse Department located in southwestern Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 98,522 inhabitants. Posta ...

**Sud-Est : Jacmel **Ouest : Cité Soleil,

( Carrefour-Feuilles, Canapé Vert) **Nord-Ouest : Port-de-Paix, Saint-Louis du Nord,

**Nord: Cap-Haïtien **Nord-Est : Ferrier,

Ouanaminthe Ouanaminthe ( ht, Wanament or Wanamèt; es, Juana Méndez) is a commune or town located in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It lies along the Massacre River, which forms part of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Ouanaminth ...

. *8–9 May: torrential rain, causing considerable damage in several regions of the country, in particular in the Nord, Nord-Est and Sud départements. The town of

was particularly hard hit and the bridge between Ouanaminthe and

Dajabón Dajabón is a municipality and capital of the Dajabón province in the Dominican Republic, which is located on the northwestern Dominican Republic frontier with Haiti. It is a market town with a population of about 26,000, north of the Cordiller ...

which links Haiti to the Dominican Republic was severely damaged. Hanna 2008 track

;

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

*16 August: Tropical Storm Fay crossed the entire country. *26 August: Hurricane Gustav crosses the south peninsula, including the Sud and Grand'Anse départements, causing approximately 77 deaths and 8 disappearances, together with serious destruction of property. families were affected by the storm, which destroyed houses and damaged . *1 September:

Hurricane Hanna The name Hanna or Hannah has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Atlantic Ocean and six in the Western Pacific Ocean (four regionally in the Philippines by PAGASA). The latter spelling has also been used for one extratropic ...

ravaged the Artibonite and Nord-Est départements. Several towns were flooded, including Gonaïves. One death was officially confirmed. In addition to Gonaïves, several towns in Jacmel, Nord-Est, Sud and Sud-Est were flooded.. *6 September:

Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike () was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a sim ...

, a category 4 hurricane, grazed the western coastline of Haiti, leading to heavy rain in Nord, Ouest and Nord-Ouest départements. ;

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

*20 October: heavy rain in the Haitian capital and its suburbs. Carrefour, in the southern suburbs, was completely flooded. ;

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

*12 January: the magnitude 7.0

2010 Haiti earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...

which occurred on 12 at 16:53, local time. The earthquake killed between 100,000 and 316,000 people. Its epicentre was at approximately 25 km from

, the capital. A dozen secondary shocks of magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 5.9 were registered during the hours which followed. It was one of the deadliest earthquakes ever recorded. *20 January: A second earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred on 20 January 2010 at 06:03 local time. Its epicentre was at approximately 59 km west of Port-au-Prince, and at least 10 km beneath the surface. *20 October: A

Cholera epidemic Seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the past 200 years, with the first pandemic originating in India in 1817. The seventh cholera pandemic is officially a current pandemic and has been ongoing since 1961, according to a World Health Organizat ...

hit outside of Port-au-Prince, killing at least 3,597 and sickening over 340,000. *5 November:

Hurricane Tomas Hurricane Tomas was a moderately powerful Atlantic hurricane which was the most recent storm in a calendar year to strike the Windward Islands. The nineteenth named storm and twelfth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, Tomas deve ...

hits and kills at least 10 Haitians causing damage and worsening the cholera epidemic. ;

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

* 24 October: Hurricane Sandy passes just west of Haiti, delivering heavy rainfall and leaving some areas with catastrophic flooding. At least 108 people were killed and 21 were left missing. Around 200,000 people were left homeless as of October 29. ;

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

* 3–4 October: Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti with catastrophic flooding of up to 40 inches and storm surge of up to 10 feet. At least 580 people were killed and more than 35,000 left homeless by the storm. ;2018 * 6 October: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 11.7km occurred at 20:11 local time killing 12 people and injuring 188. Damage was mainly recorded in the far north of the island as stated by the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Jean-Henry Céant Jean Henry Céant (born 27 September 1956) is a Haitian politician who was the twenty-first Prime Minister of Haiti. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations and supporting criminal gangs on 17 N ...

. ;2020 * 23 August: Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive Category 4 hurricane that was tied with the

1856 Last Island hurricane The 1856 Last Island hurricane (also known as the Great Storm of 1856) was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that is tied with Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Lou ...

and it killed 31 people in

and four in the

. ;2021 * 4 July:

Hurricane Elsa Hurricane Elsa was the earliest-forming fifth named storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, surpassing Edouard of the previous year, and was the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed over the central tropical Atlantic, ...

passed near the

Tiburon Peninsula The Tiburon Peninsula (french: Péninsule de Tiburon), or The Xaragua Peninsula, simply "the Tiburon" (''le Tiburon''), is a region of Haiti encompassing most of Haiti's southern coast. It starts roughly at the southernmost point of the Haiti-D ...

although damage was reported to banana and corn crops, as well as damage to the roofs of some buildings; no other forms of significant damage to infrastructure were reported. * 14 August: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Southwestern

. Its epicenter was about 10 km from

Petit-Trou-de-Nippes Petit-Trou-de-Nippes (; ht, Ti Twou de Nip) is a commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes Nippes ( French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located ...

, approximately 150 km (93 miles) west of

, the capital. The quake left behind significant damage. Tsunami warnings were immediately issued as several small tsunami waves struck surrounding areas. An estimated 2,207 people have been confirmed dead, while 344 remain missing, and over 12,000 left injured. It is the strongest earthquake to strike Haiti since

1842 Events January–March * January ** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem. ** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...

. * 17 August:

Hurricane Grace Hurricane Grace was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Grace impacted much of the Leeward Islands and Greater Antilles as a tropical storm, before causing more substantial impacts in the Yucatán ...

brought heavy rainfall to Haiti, reaching around 10 in (250 mm); this caused flooding in areas affected by a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in the country that previously killed thousands. Strong winds destroyed homes previously damaged by the earthquake. 2022 *

2022 Haiti floods Between January 31 to February 1, heavy rains in Haiti caused floods. 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 and the Nor ...

2023 *

2023 Haiti floods On 2–3 June 2023, heavy rains caused destructive flooding across Haiti. Western areas of the country were particularly hard-hit. At least 51 people were killed, 140 were injured, and 11 were reported missing as of 6 June. Background ...

References

External links

National Hurricane Center
(US) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haiti

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