1. Will the International Response to Hurricane Sandy Be Any Better than the Response to Haiti’s Quake or Cholera Disasters?
(Matching tags: doctors without borders, ngos, hurricane season, cholera, housing)

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on Hurricane Sandy’s ongoing toll on Haiti. Ingrid Arnesen writes: Poor roads and communications have hindered damage assessments and relief efforts. Haitian ...

2. Assessing the Beginnings of Haiti’s Latest Unnatural Disaster
(Matching tags: partners in health, doctors without borders, agriculture, hurricane season, ijdh, idps, cholera, housing)

Relief organizations and the Haitian government are still attempting to assess the extent of the damage that Hurricane Sandy left in its wake. The Haitian government belatedly declared a month-long state ...

3. Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold?
(Matching tags: flooding, hurricane season, camps, idps, cholera)

The latest news from the Associated Press suggests Tropical Storm Isaac may not reach hurricane strength before hitting Haiti: Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the ...

4. Tropical Storm Isaac Heads for Haiti, Likely to Leave a Spike in Cholera in its Wake
(Matching tags: ocha, hurricane season, idps, cholera)

... and tropical storms and hurricanes pose an especially ominous threat. The lack of adequate sanitation and safe drinking water in IDP camps means that drinking water sources are likely to be contaminated ...

5. As Hurricane Season Nears, Bottlenecks Increase Dangers to IDP’s
(Matching tags: shelter, disease, ngos, relocation, evictions, hurricane season)

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report last week noting, among other things, that the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) is still not operational, although it still has ...

6. As Tomas Bears Down on Haiti, Authorities Hide “Usable Shelters” From Tent Camp Residents
(Matching tags: un, shelter, tents, relocation, evictions, hurricane season)

As Hurricane Tomas approached Haiti, authorities sent mixed messages regarding disaster preparedness efforts, and displaced Haitians in camps were told to evacuate from what had previously been held up ...

7. Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Whodunit
(Matching tags: un, minustah, sanitation, hurricane season)

MINUSTAH is under increasing scrutiny as investigators consider whether Haiti’s cholera outbreak may have begun at a base in Mirebalais, on a tributary of the Artibonite River, used by a Nepalese MINUSTAH ...

8. Hurricane Igor Threatens Haiti as IDPs Demand Right to Housing, Education
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, hurricane season)

... hours" as Hurricane Igor approaches. The warning may affect the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons still living in makeshift camps over 8 months since the earthquake. As the first major hurricane ...

9. Relocation Camp Floods, Six Injured; Provision of Transitional Shelter Must be Ramped Up
(Matching tags: shelter, relocation, hurricane season)

... had called for 125,000 transitional shelters to be built, still not enough to house all of the displaced, thus far less than five percent have actually been built. Furthermore, with the hurricane season ...

10. As Tropical Storms Threaten Haiti, International Community Can, and Must, Do More for Shelter
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, hurricane season)

... Atlantic." The report continues, "In addition, Hurricane Expert Joe Bastardi is predicting a second surge of tropically induced rain in the next two weeks with a tropical wave following the current system...". ...