Following the announcement on Friday of the National Hydrometeorological Unit (UHN) of the passage of a tropical wave, accompanied by locally stormy showers, on the evening of Saturday 8 and Sunday July 9 in the morning, the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) of the Ministry of the Interior initiated the mobilization of its structures across the territory, due to the precipitation forecast for this weekend.
Several departments, including the North, Northeast, Lower Artibonite, the central region of the South Peninsula and the regions of the Massif de la Hotte, are expected to receive precipitation above normal. Localized flooding is also possible in the western part of the southern peninsula and in the Nippes.
Consequently, the DPC calls on populations in risk areas to remain cautious and to apply scrupulously the safety instructions in the event of floods, landslides... Citizens living near gullies, rivers or other floodplains must make arrangements to evacuate if requested by the authorities or if water levels require it.
