1909-11-12
A late hurricane drowns the Nord-Ouest and floods Gonaïves for two days
Haitian
On the afternoon of 12 November 1909 a hurricane came ashore in northern Haiti, in the Nord-Ouest, with winds near 85 mph. More than twenty-four inches of rain brought catastrophic flooding and landslides across the country. At least 166 people died in Haiti, 150 of them in the Nord-Ouest. Gonaïves was entirely flooded for two days, and sixteen died when a bridge gave way.
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Researched: Wikipedia