Flood in Haiti leaves 42 dead, 19,000 homeless

Flood in Haiti leaves 42 dead, 19,000 homeless

The death toll from the heavy floods that hit Haiti over the weekend has risen to 42, with another 11 people missing, authorities have said.

At least 85 people are injured, and more than 13,600 homes were flooded, forcing people to evacuate leaving 19,000 people homeless, according to Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency.

The rains pelted Haiti’s western, northwestern, southeastern and central regions, officials said.

The weather has since improved, but many crops were damaged amid a spike in starvation, and people are trying to find temporary shelters after the rain turned roads into rushing rivers of brown water.

The World Food Programme said tens of thousands of people have been affected, with the greatest damage reported in Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area and in Haiti’s western region.