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Haiti: Hurricane: 2008/09/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2008/09/01
Country or District Haiti
Event Type Hurricane
Outline A few days after being struck by hurricane "Gustav", Haiti was unexpectedly hit by tropical storm Hanna on 1 September. Reports say that at least 25 people have been killed so far by Tropical Storm Hanna.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

Reuters AlerNet 2008/09/06
Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town\'s police commissioner said on Friday.

Rueters AlertNet 2008/09/05
At least 136 people died in floods and mudslides triggered by Hanna, many of them in the Gonaives area.

OCHA ReliefWeb 2008/09/03
Few days after being struck by hurricane Gustav, Haiti was unexpectedly hit by tropical storm Hanna on 1 September. Reports say that at least 25 people have been killed so far by Tropical Storm Hanna

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb 2008/09/05
Caribbean Hurricane Season (As of 5 Sep 2008)