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Haiti floods: Dozens killed as torrential rains flood Léogâne Haiti: Deadly earthquake kills three after floods
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At least 42 people have died in Haiti after torrential rain caused widespread flooding at the weekend, emergency officials say. At least three people have been killed in an earthquake in the Haitian city of Jérémie, just days after floods left at least 42 dead.
Another 11 people are still missing, and more than 13,000 are displaced after their homes were damaged. The 4.9 magnitude quake struck in the early hours of the morning, the US Geological Survey said.
The worst hit city is Léogâne, south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince, where three rivers bursts their banks. It came in the wake of torrential rains that have displaced more than 13,000.
Overall, half of all the departments in the impoverished Caribbean island nation are affected. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said his government and international partners were taking "urgent measures" to deal with the flooding.
Phania Cange's home in Léogâne was swept away in the floods. The World Food Programme, an agency of the United Nations, said that it would start providing hot meals to the displaced.
She managed to save one of her children but her five-year-old died in the flooding: "I risked losing two (children), but God left the other one hanging in a tree." Haitian authorities said the three people who died were crushed when their home collapsed. More than a dozen people have also been injured.
Léogâne Mayor Ernson Henry said city residents were "desperate". Jérémie is a coastal city in the southwestern Grand'Anse department. Two years ago, the region was also badly hit by an earthquake which killed more than 2,200 people.
Jérémie is relatively isolated from the rest of the country and transport links have been further disrupted by the rain.
The main road linking Jérémie with the capital Port-au-Prince passes through the city of Léogâne, where three rivers burst their banks in recent days.
Rescue operations are also being hampered by Haiti's ongoing problem with criminal gangs, which control many areas.
Léogâne resident Phania Cange, whose home was swept away in the floods, told Reuters that her five-year-old son died in the flooding. "I risked losing two (children), but God left the other one hanging in a tree."
She added: "I lost everything. It's good people who give me clothes to wear, I have no one to rely on."
Léogâne Mayor Ernson Henry said that residents in the city residents were "desperate".
"They have lost everything. The waters have ravaged their fields, washed away their livestock," he told the AFP news agency."They have lost everything. The waters have ravaged their fields, washed away their livestock," he told the AFP news agency.
There are fears that the number of dead will rise further.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry said his government - together with international partners - was "taking urgent measures" to deal with the disaster.
The World Food Programme said that the organisation would start providing hot meals to those displaced.
Local TV has shown pictures of people wading through vast streams of brown water.
The country's infrastructure has been damaged by several devastating earthquakes.
Rescue operations are made harder by Haiti's ongoing problem with criminal gangs, which control many areas.
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