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Haiti: New opportunities for Haiti and the Caribbean Community

12 Jul 2010, Trinidad Express.com

Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies says that Caricom can play a role in providing technical and professional support to Haiti by 'drawing Haiti into [its] network of education, health, tourism, disaster risk reduction and environmental protection' reports the Trinidad Express...


National Platform
Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 9,904
Drought 0
Flood 0
Landslide 474
 
Earthquake 0
Tsunami 840
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1980 80,000
Storm 1983 3,000
Storm 1994 750
Storm 1999 200
Mass mov. wet 1996 175
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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