Haiti Grand Sud Floods
At least four people have died, according to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28, and Civil Protection put the provisional toll at at least four on 2026-10-26. Two fishermen are missing in Abricots. In Nippes, OCHA counts 1,920 families affected, 1,767 houses flooded and 48 small houses destroyed. Elsewhere the count is partial: reportedly 630 houses flooded in Grand'Anse and four washed away in Gommiers; 200 flooded in Les Cayes. The DGPC orange alert and its reported lifting on 2026-10-27 are disputed.
Metrics
at least 4 people — Reported deaths
Caveat: According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28, with Civil Protection putting a provisional toll at at least 4 on 2026-10-26; does not cover any later revision or additional deaths outside the reported area.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
2 fishermen — Missing fishermen
Caveat: Reported in the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 as missing in Abricots, Grand'Anse; does not cover other missing persons or recovery outcomes.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
1,920 families — Affected families in Nippes
Caveat: According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28; figure is marked likely and does not cover affected families in other departments.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
1,767 houses — Flooded houses in Nippes
Caveat: According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28; does not include 48 small houses reported destroyed or damage in Grand'Anse and South departments.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
630 houses flooded; 4 houses washed away in Gommiers — Flooded houses in Grand'Anse
Caveat: According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 and RHINEWS reporting; figure is marked likely and does not cover affected families or destroyed houses in Grand'Anse, which the claims do not quantify.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed
200 houses flooded; sections of the Ravine du Sud dyke collapsed — Flooded houses in Les Cayes and dyke collapse
Caveat: According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 and media reports; does not cover damage elsewhere in South department.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed; lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding
After the rains: four dead and a partial count in Haiti's Grand Sud
Onset and warnings: three departments, five departments, and a disputed alert
Heavy rains have affected the South, Nippes and Grand'Anse departments since 2026-10-24, causing rivers to overflow and flooding many communes.
Civil Protection reported on 2026-10-26 that 21 communes were affected across the West, South, Grand'Anse, North-West and Nippes departments.
Haiti's Hydrometeorological Unit (UHM) kept a yellow heavy-rain vigilance for Grand'Anse, South, Nippes and South-East until 2026-10-26.
The DGPC placed the Grand Sud on orange alert, according to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28; a DGPC notice reported by Le Nouvelliste on 2026-10-27 lifted it. This sequence is disputed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; agerca.ht — AGERCA weather bulletin for 24–26 October 2026; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed; lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding; lenouvelliste.com — Le Nouvelliste: DGPC lifts orange alert after bad weather
Casualties and the missing: a contested death breakdown
At least four people have died in the flooding, according to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28; Civil Protection put the provisional toll at at least four on 2026-10-26.
The breakdown of the deaths is disputed. According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28, three deaths occurred in Nippes and one in the South-East, but this account is contested.
Two fishermen are missing in Abricots, Grand'Anse.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed
Damage by department: partial counts, kept apart
In Nippes, according to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28, 1,920 families were affected, 1,767 houses were flooded and 48 small houses were destroyed.
In Grand'Anse, reports indicate 630 houses were flooded and four houses were washed away in Gommiers.
In Les Cayes, South, 200 houses were flooded and sections of the Ravine du Sud dyke collapsed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed; lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding
Critical facilities and road access
According to reports, flooding hit the Fond'Icaques school and a community facility in Corail, Grand'Anse. The OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 lists the Chambellan public market as flooded.
Road access was disrupted: National Route 7 in Grand'Anse was blocked by a landslide and then cleared by the Public Works ministry; the Jérémie–Chambellan road remained impassable at Laferme.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed
Claims and evidence
At least 4 people died in the flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud.
Claimant: OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 and Civil Protection provisional toll as of 2026-10-26.
Evidence status: confirmed
Counterclaim: No counterclaim documented in the sources reviewed.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding
The 4 deaths were 3 in Nippes and 1 in the South-East, according to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28.
Claimant: OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28.
Evidence status: disputed
Counterclaim: No named counterclaimant is documented in the sources reviewed; the death-location breakdown is marked disputed in the source set.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
In Nippes, 1,920 families were affected, 1,767 houses were flooded and 48 small houses were destroyed.
Claimant: OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28.
Evidence status: likely
Counterclaim: No counterclaim documented in the sources reviewed.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
The DGPC placed the Grand Sud departments on orange alert; the alert was lifted on 2026-10-27 and was no longer in force as of 2026-10-28.
Claimant: DGPC notice as reported by Le Nouvelliste on 2026-10-27.
Evidence status: disputed
Counterclaim: No named counterclaimant is documented in the sources reviewed; the alert sequence is marked disputed in the source set.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: lenouvelliste.com — Le Nouvelliste: DGPC lifts orange alert after bad weather
21 communes were affected by the bad weather across the West, South, Grand'Anse, North-West and Nippes departments.
Claimant: Civil Protection report on 2026-10-26.
Evidence status: confirmed
Counterclaim: No counterclaim documented in the sources reviewed.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding
Haiti's Hydrometeorological Unit kept a yellow heavy-rain vigilance for Grand'Anse, South, Nippes and South-East until 2026-10-26.
Claimant: Hydrometeorological Unit weather bulletin.
Evidence status: confirmed
Counterclaim: No counterclaim documented in the sources reviewed.
Independent assessment: No independent assessment documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources: agerca.ht — AGERCA weather bulletin for 24–26 October 2026
Timeline
— Heavy rains hit South, Nippes and Grand'Anse departments
Since 2026-10-24, heavy rains have affected the South, Nippes and Grand'Anse departments, causing rivers to overflow and flooding many communes.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; agerca.ht — AGERCA weather bulletin for 24–26 October 2026; rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed
— Civil Protection reports provisional death toll of at least four
On 2026-10-26, Civil Protection put the provisional toll at at least 4 deaths from the flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28 also cited at least 4 deaths.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud
— Civil Protection reports 21 affected communes across five departments
As reported by Civil Protection on 2026-10-26, 21 communes were affected by the bad weather across the West, South, Grand'Anse, North-West and Nippes departments.
Sources: lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding
— Yellow heavy-rain vigilance maintained until 26 October 2026
Haiti's Hydrometeorological Unit (UHM) kept a yellow heavy-rain vigilance for Grand'Anse, South, Nippes and South-East until 2026-10-26.
Sources: agerca.ht — AGERCA weather bulletin for 24–26 October 2026
— Orange alert reportedly lifted in Grand Sud departments
According to the OCHA flash update as of 2026-10-28, the DGPC placed the Grand Sud on orange alert; a DGPC notice reported by Le Nouvelliste on 2026-10-27 lifted it. This sequence is disputed.
Sources: reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; lenouvelliste.com — Le Nouvelliste: DGPC lifts orange alert after bad weather
Open questions
- How does the provisional Civil Protection toll of at least four on 2026-10-26 compare with OCHA's at least four as of 2026-10-28 — are these the same four deaths?
- Where exactly did the four deaths occur — were three in Nippes and one in the South-East, as OCHA reports?
- What is the full count of affected families outside Nippes, given no figure is stated for Grand'Anse or Les Cayes?
- When was the DGPC orange alert issued and when did it end, and how does that relate to the UHM yellow vigilance that ran until 2026-10-26?
- Which 21 communes across the West, South, Grand'Anse, North-West and Nippes departments were affected, as reported by Civil Protection on 2026-10-26, and how does that five-department count relate to the three-department onset description?
- Is the Jérémie–Chambellan road still impassable at Laferme as of 2026-10-28?
Source registry
- reliefweb.int — OCHA Flash Update: Heavy Rains and Flooding in Haiti's Grand Sud; official_position; 2026-10-28
- lobservatoire.info — L'Observatoire: At Least Four Dead and Over 3,200 Families Affected by Flooding; news; date not supplied
- dash.harvard.edu — Local Perceptions of Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern Haiti's Coastal Communities; research; date not supplied
- thegef.org — Safeguarding Haiti's Southern Coasts; official_position; date not supplied
- unocha.org — Haiti: OCHA country overview and humanitarian response plan; official_position; date not supplied
- haiti-reference.info — Haiti-Référence flood chronology, 1963–1988; media_archive; date not supplied
- climatology.edpsciences.org — Hydrological monograph of Haiti: heavy rainfall and flood analysis from archival and satellite data; research; date not supplied
- web.archive.org — Archived ReliefWeb flood bulletin: Haiti Floods Information Bulletin No. 1; media_archive; date not supplied
- agerca.ht — AGERCA weather bulletin for 24–26 October 2026; primary_document; date not supplied
- lenouvelliste.com — Le Nouvelliste: DGPC lifts orange alert after bad weather; news; date not supplied
- rhinews.com — RHINEWS: Civil Protection counts 749 flooded homes and 49 destroyed; news; date not supplied
- apnews.com — AP News: Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic causes deaths and destroys homes; news; date not supplied
- fscluster.org — CRS–CARITAS Rapid Needs Assessment: Grand'Anse, Nippes, Sud and Sud-Est, November 2025; humanitarian; date not supplied
- dtm.iom.int — IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix: Haiti Round 14, August 2026; primary_document; date not supplied
- meteo-haiti.gouv.ht — Weather Vigilance – Haiti Online; official_position; date not supplied