At least a dozen killed in northern Haiti as heavy rains flood thousands of homes

At least a dozen people are dead in northern Haiti, where heavy rains have triggered deadly landslides and washed out thousands of homes. Most of the deaths occurred in Cap-Haïtien, where heavy downpours on Thursday destroyed a home in the southern part of the city, Barrière Bouteille. The house then took out two other homes below it. “Initial assessments show 2,225 houses flooded and 15 houses damaged,” Haiti’s Civil Protection office said in its latest situation report. The agency said heavy and moderate rains over the last four weeks have...