Overview
- Haiti reports 43 deaths and 13 missing, with Petit-Goâve accounting for at least 25 fatalities and many communities still unreachable.
- Nearly 12,000 homes were flooded and about 200 destroyed in Haiti, officials warn of drinking‑water shortages, and more than 1,700 people remain in shelters.
- Jamaica counts at least 32 deaths as crews work to reach more than two dozen isolated communities while authorities intensify government‑coordinated relief flights.
- The United States has deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team, urban search‑and‑rescue units from Fairfax County and Los Angeles County, and SOUTHCOM helicopter airlift, with $3 million directed to Cuba’s Catholic Church.
- Experts caution that recent U.S. aid cuts and reduced NGO staffing may limit surge capacity and hinder longer‑term recovery even as immediate health needs, including medical supplies and disease prevention, grow urgent.