Haiti braces for Tomas storm
After struggling for weeks to contain a cholera epidemic, Haiti is bracing for the arrival of a tropical cyclone that threatens hundreds of thousands of people with deadly floodwaters, a United Nations official has said. Citing government estimates, Nigel Fisher, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti, said on Wednesday that Tropical Storm Tomas is expected to strike on Friday and could unleash torrential rains and a storm surge of up to six to nine feet (2-3 metres) that will put 1.5 million people at risk. The storm, which has killed at least a dozen people in St Lucia and lashed Barbados in the last few days, will likely worsen the cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 440…
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Haiti braces for Tomas storm
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