Overall Green Flood in Haiti from 08 Apr 2012 00:00 UTC to 26 Apr 2012 23:59 UTC

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Overall Green Flood

in Haiti

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 3915
Death:	9
Displaced:	11000
Countries:	Haiti
From - To	08 Apr - 26 Apr

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Latest media headlines

World: The role of armed forces and the ICRC in natural disasters 4/23/2012 4:41:00 PM.

Source: ICRC Country: World The 16th Tokyo Defense Forum (TDF) and its Open Seminar were held on March 15th and 16th in Tokyo organized by the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The ICRC was invited as one of a few international organizations to

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After the Earthquake, but Before the Flood 4/22/2012 2:01:00 AM.

I ARRIVED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE BEN FOUNTAIN last December to find my friends coughing, sniffling, hacking and struggling for breath amid the orange smog that hung over the city like a cloud of Cheetos dust. Soon Haiti would mark the second ann

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World: Disaster by the numbers: Experts discusses rise of climate-rela.. 4/19/2012 1:22:00 AM.

Source: Harvard University Country: World Reported natural disasters are up dramatically since 1950, with more lives damaged by homelessness and injury, even as modern medical care and improved disaster response have reduced the number of l

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Irene retired from hurricane list 4/13/2012 8:32:00 PM.

The name "Irene" has been retired from the official list of Atlantic hurricane names because of the death and destruction it caused.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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