Five deaths have been reported in Haiti. Three were killed when they were washed away by a violent flow of water and two others were electrocuted, one when a power cable fell into the water and the other when their house was washed away. At least 23 homes have been washed away by the storm. A river overflowed its banks and flooded the neighborhood in a Port-au-Prince suburb of Carrefour.
This is from the 2005 WIK page on Alpha....
Alpha is a KILLER!
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aujames95 wrote:Possibly, but no less immature than rooting for a storm to form that could cause harm and destruction everywhere in it's path.
Rooting for these storms doesnt make a damn bit of difference! The 25th tropical depression of the year would have become a tropical storm and stricken Hispaniola even if there was no naming system.
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Unfortunately for the state of the environment and hurricane preparedness in Haiti, fueled by rampant overpopulation and abject poverty, only a regular rainstorm can cause many casualties there.
Poverty, overpopulation, and devastation of the environment due to clear-cutting of the trees to provide the raw materials for charcoal for cooking and jobs have created the perfect conditions for flash floods and landslides. Sewer systems, both storm and sanitary, are terribly inadequate and mainly nonexistent.
Unfortunately, the endemic corruption and political uncertainty of that country means that for the near term at least, the people who live there are living in one of the most backward and tragedy-prone countries on earth.
All so near to our own shores. Every tropical storm that impacts Haiti leaves the sea in the bays and near the shores muddy with the once-fertile soil of what was once a beautiful tropical island.
Poverty, overpopulation, and devastation of the environment due to clear-cutting of the trees to provide the raw materials for charcoal for cooking and jobs have created the perfect conditions for flash floods and landslides. Sewer systems, both storm and sanitary, are terribly inadequate and mainly nonexistent.
Unfortunately, the endemic corruption and political uncertainty of that country means that for the near term at least, the people who live there are living in one of the most backward and tragedy-prone countries on earth.
All so near to our own shores. Every tropical storm that impacts Haiti leaves the sea in the bays and near the shores muddy with the once-fertile soil of what was once a beautiful tropical island.
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msbee wrote:yes, Alpha is a killer.
we here in the islands expected that would probably happen, unfortunately.
Even a minimal tropcil storm can cause mudslides and flash flooding in places like Haiti and Dominican Republic.
That is what a lot of people fail to realize.
I have a lot to catch up on...couldn't get online while away and while I watched television...not a whole lot was said. Too tired now, and it deosn't sound good. I had no idea what happened
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Remember that a tropical disturbance last year killed thousands in Haiti. In Haiti, a summertime storm that stalls over a major city can kill more people than a Cat 5 hurricane traveling 15 mph over Hispaniola.
The problems in Haiti are dire, unless something happens to limit the deforestation, hundreds will die each year on average from floods.
The problems in Haiti are dire, unless something happens to limit the deforestation, hundreds will die each year on average from floods.
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