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  1. Haiti: Hurricane Matthew Lessons Learned Report

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  4. Haiti Before and After Hurricane Matthew in Satellite Images

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  1. Rapidly Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

    Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on October 4, 2016, as a Category 4 hurricane. The combined effects of wind, coastal flooding and rain caused heavy flooding, landslides, and the destruction of a great deal of infrastructure, agricultural crops and natural ecosystems. In all, 546 people were killed, more than 175,500 people sought refuge in ...

  2. 2016 Hurricane Matthew: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

    Hurricane Matthew, in October 2016, was the first Category 5 Atlantic storm since Hurricane Felix in 2007. With an estimated 546 deaths and $1.9 million in damages, Hurricane Matthew was the worst disaster to hit Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. In the U.S., more than 40 people died and damage was estimated in excess of $10 billion.

  3. PDF Hurricane Matthew

    Matthew was the first major hurricane, and also the first category 4 hurricane, to make landfall on Haiti since Cleo of 1964. Matthew continued moving northward across the western end of Haiti's Tiburon P eninsula and into the western Gulf of Gonâve by 1800 UTC (Figs. 7b,c) . The mountainous terrain disrupted the hurricane's low-level ...

  4. Effects of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

    The destructive effects of Hurricane Matthew left about 12.9% of Haiti's population - 1.4 million people - in need of humanitarian assistance, [91] of whom about 40% were children and another 40% were women of reproductive age. [92] It was the largest disaster in the country since the 2010 earthquake. [91]

  5. Hurricane Matthew 2016

    Task 7 - Click here to access the GapMinder site. This chart shows you each of the countries (Haiti & USA) that were impacted by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. i. Drag the time slider back to 2016. Hover over each of the countries to see the GDP per capita $ and life expectancy (yrs). Record the values for 2016 on the worksheet for Haiti ...

  6. Full article: The trauma signature of 2016 Hurricane Matthew and the

    Background. Hurricane Matthew was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 2016 Atlantic Basin season, bringing severe impacts to multiple nations including direct landfalls in Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas, and the United States. However, Haiti experienced the greatest loss of life and population disruption. Methods.

  7. Hurricane Matthew Makes Old Problems Worse for Haitians

    Hurricane Matthew was the worst natural disaster to strike the Caribbean nation of Haiti since the earthquake of 2010. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters. The first reports to arrive were of vast ...

  8. Haiti: Hurricane Matthew Lessons Learned Report

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. On 4 October 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall in South West Haiti near Les Anglais as a very intense Category 4 Hurricane. It then crossed the department of Grande Anse ...

  9. Helping communities in Haiti recover from Hurricane Matthew

    An estimated 500,000 children live in the areas hardest-hit by Hurricane Matthew that passed over Haiti on 4 October. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 6 October 2016 - Hermione Ismail, 39, a mother of six young children, looks as though she is emerging from a nightmare. With haggard eyes, her voice still trembling, she can barely find words to describe ...

  10. One month after Hurricane Matthew, needs in Haiti remain 'vast,' UN

    4 November 2016. As Haiti struggles to recover from the massive destruction wrought by Hurricane Matthew, which pummelled the tiny island one month ago today, the United Nations warned that while its seems as if "the world has moved on," Haiti's needs are vast, exemplified by the nearly 600,000 children being stalked by disease, hunger ...

  11. After Hurricane Matthew: Resources, Capacities, and Pathways to

    When Hurricane Matthew struck, Haiti had yet to fully recover from the 2010 earthquake. Further , at the time Haiti was being run by a transitional government (Ahmed, 2016a). The interim

  12. Hurricane Matthew in Haiti 2016

    On the night of 4 October 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck the south-western tip of Haiti bringing heavy rainfall in the south, south-east and the north-west, and creating the largest humanitarian emergency in the country since the 2010 earthquake. The Category 4 storm left 806,000 people in need of urgent food assistance and caused considerable ...

  13. PDF Case Studies

    Hurricane Matthew affected Haiti and Florida in the USA. It hit Haiti from the 3rd to the 5th of October 2016 and Florida between the 6th to the 6th of October 2016. Haiti and Florida have completely different economic situations. The GDP per capita in Haiti is $730 compared with $39,500 in Florida. The life expectancy in Florida is 15 years ...

  14. Hurricane Matthew: Haiti storm disaster kills hundreds

    7 October 2016. Hurricane Matthew leaves hundreds dead in Haiti. The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than ...

  15. Haiti Case study

    Figure 3. Impact of Matthew on Haiti Table 1. Examples of countries' preparations for Matthew Hurricane Matthew October 2016 Geo Factsheet 362 Hurricane Matthew was the greatest loss of life since Hurricane Floyd hit North Carolina in 1999. Economic losses were estimated at US$4-6 billion. Due to the heavily populated coastline, millions of ...

  16. Hurricane Matthew: 'Massive response' needed in Haiti, UN says

    Matthew, the strongest hurricane to hit the region in a decade, destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Haiti, leaving more than 60,000 people staying in temporary shelters. Hurricane Matthew in ...

  17. Hurricane Matthew Case Study- AQA A-Level Geography

    Responses in Haiti? -EU provided $1.755 million in funds. -US govt. provided $37.9 million. -Bridge destroyed so people had to rescued by air. -France providing 2 water purification systems capable of producing 66,000 gallons of water per day. -2,000 children evacuated by save the children. -UN provided grant of $65 million towards rebuilding ...

  18. Hurricane Matthew Haiti

    Study with Quizlet and memorise flashcards containing terms like When did the storm form?, When did the storm dissipate?, Why was Haiti particularly vulnerable? and others.

  19. Hurricane Matthew Case Study- AQA A-Level Geography

    Teams of civil protection officials walked the streets to prepare citizens. How was Haiti affected by the hurricane? 877 people had died by Saturday 8th October, 50,000 people were affected by cholera, tens of thousands were left homeless, estimated 61,500 forced into shelters, 80% of crops were damaged.

  20. Hurricane Matthew case study Flashcards

    -high levels of destruction-landslides-flooding-2 million haiti were affected by the hurricane-difficult to supply everything on large scale primary effects of hurricane matthew -546 were killed,175,500 sought refuge and 1.4 million required immediate humanitarian assistance -affected 20 million people -flooding,landslides and extensive ...