International Response 7. Contributions reported to OCHA UN System USD OCHA Emergency cash grant for the purchasing of relief supplies 40,000 Governments Norway Cash from the Norwegian Emergency fund, managed by OCHA 30,000 Haiti 10. According to the UNDP Resident Representative in Haiti, Hurricane Georges passed over Haiti on 23 September 1998, but lost part of its strength when crossing a chain of high mountains on the border with the Dominican Republic. The hurricane brought heavy rains to the north, northwest and central parts of the country, causing serious flooding and the swelling of the rivers. The Cayemites and Gonave Islands have also been flooded, but there is no information available on damage yet.
Preliminary assessments show that many homes have been damaged or destroyed.
National road no.1 is still operational. Eighty per cent of banana plantations in the southeast of the country have been destroyed. Approximately 12,000 people have been affected, of whom 8,000 in the region of Leogane. Some 7,000 people have been placed in temporary shelters. The Direction of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Interior, through its Disaster Management Secretariat, is coordinating the relief operations.