Existing comment:
Aftermath:
Gonaives and the surrounding towns were devastated by four consecutive tropical storms in August and September 2008. About 800 people were killed and approximately 100,000 homes suffered damage or destruction.
Nine months later, many of those who lost their homes are still living in shelters or in tented camps such as this one in Montrouis. The Haitian Red Cross has provided tents and maintains the water pump, but food aid ran out in October, and the families labor at a local restaurant in return for leftover food. |