Haiti

  • Hurricane Hazel 1954

    Considerable damage and loss of life resulted in Haiti, especially in the southwest peninsula. This area is very mountainous, with peaks up to almost 8000 feet in the western portion. High winds and seas and torrential rains resulted in floods and landslides which accounted for the loss of life estimated between 400 and 1000 including 200 or more buried in landslides.

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  • 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake

    From the late 1400s through the late 1600s, the Spanish controlled the island of Hispanola, the site of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. French pirates began to inhabit the western side of Hispanola, also called Santo Domingo in Spanish or Saint-Domingue in French. In 1697 the Treaty of Ryswick led to Spain’s ceding of the western third of the island to the French.

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  • Hurricane Matthew 2016

    Hurricane Matthew was a category 4 storm that violently struck parts of Haiti on 4 October and resulted in the largest humanitarian emergency since the 2010 earthquake. caused a catastrophic amount of damage to Haiti’s infrastructure and agricultural industry, it caused extensive flooding and mudslides, damage to road infrastructure and buildings, and electricity and water shortages. As of 14 October 2016, the Directorate of Civil Protection (CPD) of Haiti had confirmed 546 deaths, 438 injuries and 128 people missing

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  • Hurricane Noel 2007

    Haiti was pounded with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Noel. Noel produced several days of torrential rainfall across Hispaniola and Cuba. The maximum rainfall report received from Haiti was 25.78 in from Camp Perrin, located near Cayes along the southwestern coast of Hispaniola. The exact number of deaths in Haiti has been somewhat difficult to determine, as counts have ranged from 57 to 103. Media reports from Reuters on 8 November stated that authorities have confirmed 57 fatalities.

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