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AFP: Flood risk for more than 200,000 homeless Haitians

16 Mar 2010, AFP

Andrew Gully reports for Agence France Presse on how the the survivors of the Haitian earthquake are now preparing themselves for the risk of major flooding...


General Facts
  • Population: 857 million (2005)
  • Density: 20 per sq km
  • Total Area: 42,322 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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