Roche-à-Bateaux

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Roche-à-Bateaux is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.

Settlements

• Debaucher • Ti Nance • Roche-à-Bateaux

History

Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.

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