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A Town in Southern Haiti Mourns Its Own as It Staggers From Hurricane Melissa’s Blow
At least 43 people died in Petit-Goâve from a landslide and floods after Hurricane Melissa; over 40,000 received food aid, but many remain homeless and hungry, officials said.
- On Saturday, funerals in Petit-Goâve honored victims killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa, with eighteen caskets carried into a public plaza as survivors wept.
- After midnight, the La Digue river burst its banks while many slept, sweeping away children, cars and homes as outer bands of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa lashed southern Haiti.
- Families lost homes and livelihoods as many small coffins marked at least 10 child deaths, while about 100 families sheltered in hotel and private home shelters, Project Hope's Sergile Henry said.
- Relief groups are mobilizing food and medical aid as the U.N. World Food Program has fed over 40,000 people and more than 30 suspected cholera cases with six deaths are reported in Petit-Goâve.
- About 90% of Petit-Goâve fields were washed away, officials warn recovery will take months amid poverty and instability, and a protest is scheduled Monday demanding faster Haitian government aid.
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Many inhabitants of Petit-Goâve were asleep when the river La Digue began to grow after midnight.
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