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Fears arising in Haiti as rainy season approaches

2010-04-12 13:39 BJT

Special Report: Strong Quake Hits Haiti |

As Haiti's rainy season approaches, new fears are arising for the country that lost 300,000 people in January's earthquake. With only one month to go, the Haitian government is racing against time to relocate people from tent cities to safer ground. Xu Jiaying takes us to one tent encampment in Port-au-Prince to see ongoing preparations.

In addition to that area, at least six other tent encampments have been identified as requiring evacuation before the rain season hits.

There is little time for packing, and not much left to pack.

for the escape from this dwelling on steep slope at the Petionville Golf Club in Port-au-Prince,the Captial of Haiti

People queue in long lines to board on their "Ark of Noah" to another temporary home.

About 15 kilometers north of the capital, on an extremely dry and dusty land they arrived at their new settlement unfinished with minimal living conditions.

Rain turns the streets of a tent city into mud on March 6 in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake. (AFP/File/Thony Belizaire) 
Rain turns the streets of a tent city into mud on March 6 in 
Port-au-Prince. Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand
reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to
help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake.
(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)