Damage from the Cold Front of 1-11 November 2014 in the Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest and Nippes
- The report covers the cold front that affected Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest and Nippes from 1 to 11 November 2014.
- Average rainfall over the affected departments was 166 mm.
- The rapid assessment covered 18 communes and focused on agricultural and sea-salt production losses.
- Crop losses were estimated at 3,023 hectares across the four departments, with 62 percent in the Nord and 29 percent in Nord-Est.
- Banana plantations were the most affected crop group, accounting for 49 percent of plantation losses; rice, cassava and yam accounted for 16 percent, 10.4 percent and 7 percent respectively.
- Total losses were estimated at 311.203 million gourdes, including 305.227 million in agriculture, 4.377 million in livestock and 1.6 million in salt.
- Caracol had 200 salt basins of 300 square meters each and 20 salt depots flooded.
Produced by the Coordination Nationale de la Sécurité Alimentaire in November 2014, this short synthesis records the damage caused across the Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest and Nippes departments by a cold front between 1 and 11 November. Its context section makes the point that gives the document its interest: the 2014 cyclone season had been very mild for Haiti, with no major damage in its first five months, unlike previous years such as 2012 - and then, almost at the season's end, a quasi-stationary cold front stretching from the Atlantic to the Caribbean brought average rainfall of around 166 mm. It is a reminder that non-cyclonic weather causes agricultural loss too, which the cyclone-focused assessments in this collection do not capture.
How to cite
Government of Haiti; National Food Security Coordination (CNSA), Damage from the Cold Front of 1-11 November 2014 in the Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest and Nippes, https://agripubhaiti.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Bilan_Preliminaire_EvalDegats_Nov14.pdf