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The Freedom of the Seas moored in Labadee. Labadee is a 260-acre private resort that was leased to Royal Caribbean Cruises in 1986. [5] In the 1990s, it was variously reported that many cruise ship guests who disembarked at the location were unaware that they were in Haiti [6] - at least in part because the cruise company seemed to have a policy of referring only to Hispaniola, not that they ...
1935. 21 October: hurricane in Sud and Sud-Est départements. 2,000 people perished. 1946. Earthquake in the northeast Dominican Republic accompanied by a tsunami in the region of Nagua. Haiti was also affected. 1952. 27 October: earthquake at Anse-à-Veau in Grand'Anse killed 6 and rendered thousands homeless.
Areas affected. Ouest, Nippes, Sud-Est, Nord-Ouest, and Centre departments, Haiti. Houses destroyed. ≥160. On 2–3 June 2023, heavy rains caused destructive flooding across Haiti. Western areas of the country were particularly hard-hit. At least 51 people were killed, 140 were injured, and 11 were reported missing as of 6 June.
Some 130 miles north of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince the private cruise port Labadee is receiving guests at a resort with its own security and controlled access. Cruises are still calling ...
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M w earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. [8][9] The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks ...
Between January 31 to February 1, heavy rains in Haiti caused floods. On February 1, five people were killed by the floods, with one more person missing. [1] [2] [3] On March 7, a storm hit the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic and the Nord Department of Haiti, leaving 2 Haitians dead. [citation needed] On September 1, a flood ...
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. v. t. e. Cap-Haïtien (French: [kap a.isjɛ̃]; Haitian Creole: Kap Ayisyen; "Haitian Cape"), typically spelled Cape Haitien in English and often locally referred to as Le Cap, Okap or Au Cap, is a commune of about 274,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the department of Nord.
Tourism in Haiti is an industry that generated just under a million arrivals in 2012, and is typically one of the main sources of revenue for the nation. [1] With its favorable climate, second-longest coastline of beaches, and most mountainous ranges in the Caribbean, [2] [3] waterfalls, [4] caves, [5] colonial architecture and distinct cultural history, Haiti has had its history as an ...