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STORY: HAITI / HURRICANE SEASON WRAP
TRT: 2:52
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 1 - 2 JUNE 2011, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
2 JUNE 2011, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Med shot, boy grabbing a stone on the floor
2. Wide shot, boy pushing a wheel- barrel in mud-flooded IDP camp
3. Med shot, from inside tent boy pushing wheel-barrel inside the tent
4. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Fidele Norvelus, Internal Displaced Person:
“My son is installing stones inside the tent because so that we can walk above the mud that is everywhere inside the tent.”
5. Med shot, woman walking inside flooded camp
6. Close up, feet walking in flooded camp
7. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie-Ange Docius, Internal Displaced Person:
“I am asking the President to come and rescue us fast, because with what has been announced here, we are going to die!”
1 JUNE 2011, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
8. Wide shot, pile of equipment in National Emergency Operation Center
9. Med shot, pile of tents in Emergency Center
10. Med shot, pile of mattress stocked in Emergency Center
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Nigel Fisher, Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, United Nations:
“Globally, we are far better off than last year, including in terms of assessing the zones at risk. Financially, we still need $13 million to finish the work. A couple of millions will be coming from National authorities, and the rest from other sources. Generally speaking, there is a good cooperation between the government and the International Community”
12. Wide shot, cameramen
13. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Michel Martelly, President of Haiti:
“For 2011 we will have 17 cyclones, out of which nine will become hurricanes. Five hurricanes could also become severe. Although our region might not be directly affected and Haiti might not be stricken by a hurricane, our experience tells us that one has to be ready."
14. Pan right, banner of National Emergency Operation Center to staff talking
15. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Ronald Melford, Director of Haitian National Meteorology Center:
“We are on orange alert for heavy rains. Orange alert also for rock falls, floods, mudslide. What we can fear is that this system is moving very slowly. This means that at least for the next 3 to 4 days, weather conditions will be dominated by heavy rains.”
2 JUNE 2011, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
16. Wide shot, flooded camp
STORY:
Rain has been falling for almost 24 hours in Haiti as hurricane season gets underway and camps are already beginning to flood.
Fidele Norvelus lives in Tapis vert camp for the internally displaced in the Cite Soleil suburb of Port-au-Prince. Her tent is already flooded with mud.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Fidele Norvelus, Internal Displaced Person:
“My son is installing stones inside the tent because so that we can walk above the mud that is everywhere inside the tent.”
Haiti’s hurricane season, which started yesterday (1 June) is expected to last until the end of November.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie-Ange Docius, Internal Displaced Person:
“I am asking the President to come and rescue us fast, because with what has been announced here, we are going to die!”
According to Haiti's Department of Civil Protection (DPC), approximately 300,000 people could be affected by the hurricane season. Half of them are expected to be relocated to temporary shelters.
The United Nations (UN) predicts that there might high risk of food insecurity and increased vulnerability because of the rain season. Fearing the risk of cholera, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been scaling up its cholera prevention work in preparation for the rains.
UN humanitarian coordinator in Haiti Nigel Fisher met with donors committed to supporting the government during the hurricane season yesterday
SOUNDBITE (FRENCH) Nigel Fisher, Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, United Nations:
“Globally, we are far better off than last year, including in terms of assessing the zones at risk. Financially, we still need $13 millions to finish the work. A couple of millions will be coming from National authorities, and the rest from other sources. Generally speaking, there is a good cooperation between the government and the international community.”
Haiti’s new President Michel Martelly visited the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) yesterday to assess a warehouse containing relief supplies.
At the Center, thousands of beds, mattresses and sanitary kits are already stocked and ready to be deployed in case of emergency.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Michel Martelly, President of Haiti:
“For 2011 we will have 17 cyclones, out of which nine will become hurricanes. Five hurricanes could also become severe. Although our region might not be directly affected and Haiti might not be stricken by a hurricane, our experience tells us that one has to be ready."
Meteorologists remain on high alert for the current stationary low system over Haiti.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean-Ronald Melford, Director, Haitian National Meteorology Center:
“We are on orange alert for heavy rains. Orange alert also for rock falls, floods, mudslide. What we can fear is that this system is moving very slowly. This means that at least for the next 3 to 4 days, weather conditions will be dominated by heavy rains.”
