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Highlights

• Heavy rains in the night of 8/9 November, in the Nord, Nord-est and Nippes result in flooding, damage to homes and 10 deaths in Cap Haitien. No information is yet available on the impact of the rains in the Nippes department.
• Damage assessments on impact of Sandy by GoH and humanitarian partners are ongoing but overall figures are being collated.
• Casualties: 54 dead; 21 missing; 20 injured;
• Camps: 7,450 families in 119 camps are affected and require urgent assistance; 5,800 shelters have been destroyed or severely damaged;
• 65 camps targeted for immediate response related to health issues;
• 9,520 tents have been distributed;
• Homes: 6,059 flooded; 6,274 destroyed, 21,427 damaged;
• 33 760 affected families;
• Food security: 1.5 million people affected by food insecurity. Out of this, 450 000 people and 4,000 children under 05 may suffer from severe acute malnutrition;
• Health: Considerable increase in new cholera: 3,593 new cases and 29 dead between 31 October and 8 November, 2012 (WHO).
• Infrastructure damage: Destroyed bridges and little access to Arcahaïe (Ouest), Jeremie (Grande Anse);
• Flooded rivers preventing access to Bainet, Belle Anse, and Grand Gosier (Sud est). The flooding of the Rivière Grise in Part-au-Prince has limited access to communes such as Carrefour.
• Education: 49 schools destroyed, 100 damaged. Up to 40,000 students affected.
• The GACI (Groupe d’Appui de la Communauté Internationale) met on Thursday 8 November to raise funds for rapid response.