International Rescue Committee (IRC)
News, Photos & Videos › Blog › Tropical Storm Isaac nears landfall in Haiti, IRC teams poised to deliver aid

VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG

Tropical Storm Isaac nears landfall in Haiti, IRC teams poised to deliver aid


August 24, 2012
By The IRC

Tropical Storm Isaac on August 23, 2012

Photo: NASA

As Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on Haiti tonight, the International Rescue Committee is prepared to send teams already on the ground to assess damage and deliver emergency assistance. 

The huge and strengthening storm is expected to lash Haiti with 70-mph winds overnight and leave behind up to 12 inches of rain.
 
Isaac poses an extreme threat to the 400,000 homeless earthquake survivors still living under tarps and flimsy plywood shelters in and around Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Many of their makeshift camps, which sprang up after the devastating January 2010 quake, sit in areas already prone to mudslides and flooding.
 
 
Posted in , | Tags: ,

No comments yet.

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Type the characters you see in this picture. (verify using audio)
Type the characters you see in the picture above; if you can't read them, submit the form and a new image will be generated. Not case sensitive.

ABOUT THIS BLOG        COMMENT GUIDELINES        DONATE        ARCHIVE