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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Roche-à-Bateaux

Roche-à-Bateaux (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ a bato]; Haitian Creole: Wòchabato) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.

Settlements

References

  1. ^ "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

History

Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.

  1. ^ "Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south '90% destroyed'". BBC News. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  2. ^ "Storm Surge Overview". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-21.