Rain that fell on the South department from October 24 to 27 left at least two people dead, nine missing and more than 7,000 homes flooded, according to a report released on Wednesday, October 28, by the department's civil protection office, Le Nouvelliste reported.

The rains also damaged houses, roads, farm infrastructure and a health center in several communes of the department, including the city of Les Cayes, where streets were flooded.

In the neighboring Southeast, three people died and one person is missing after three days of heavy rain, Le Nouvelliste reported. Lovelie Casemir, 18, a man of about 20 known as Jeanjean, and Chamaella Moïse, 13, were swept away by floodwaters in Côtes-de-Fer and Thiotte.

Farmers in Côtes-de-Fer and in the Gosseline communal section of Jacmel reported heavy crop losses. The Southeast civil protection office is still assessing the damage, and several damaged roads remain hard to reach. Weather alerts were lifted nationwide on October 27.