May 14, 2025

Flooding in Haiti: North and South Submerged, Population at Breaking Point

April 15, 2025

Since Friday, April 11, 2025, relentless heavy rains have battered several departments of Haiti—particularly the North, South, West, and Grand’Anse—causing widespread flooding that has turned entire neighborhoods into disaster zones and put thousands of lives and homes at risk.

In Cap-Haïtien, streets are currently impassable due to high waters. In Les Cayes, entire areas are inaccessible. Residents, forced to flee their flooded homes, are making urgent pleas to the government and the international community for immediate and effective aid.

Haiti’s Hydrometeorological Unit (UHM) has maintained its alert for sudden flooding, landslides, and mudslides. Yet, despite the warnings, few preventative measures were implemented—deepening the sense of abandonment felt by those affected.

Though the rains are expected to ease in the coming days, the damage is already extensive. Citizens are calling for a complete overhaul of land-use planning policies and the development of a genuine climate emergency response plan—before another disaster strikes an already overwhelmed population

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