Several Caribbean countries were engaged in mopping up exercises as heavy rains associated with an elongated area of low pressure extending from the northwestern to the north-central Caribbean Sea continue to produce disorganised showers and thunderstorms.
In Haiti, where at least 11 people have so far been killed, the United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian staff were helping with relief efforts, where floods have killed at least 10 people in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
At least four neighbourhoods of the city – Carrefour, Cité Soleil, Delmas and Pétion-Ville - as well as the southern areas of Gressier and Les Palmes, have been badly affected by flooding that began on Monday night, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
OCHA said there are enough pre-positioned medical kits to assist 120,000 people and emergency shelters ready to house as many as 110,000 families, with trauma kits and cholera kits available as well.
