Saturday, 20 September 2008

Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's


Chalin Sejour, 28, sits in front of her destroyed house with her belongs covered in mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17,2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday.

A refugee eats a corn at a shelter in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday. 800,000 Haitians are in need of aid.

A woman bathes herself in a street of a neighborhood that was destroyed by floods in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17,2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday. 800,000 Haitians are in need of aid.

A woman walks through a neighborhood destroyed by floods in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday. 800,000 Haitians are in need of aid.

Doctor Pierre Malchair, of Doctors without borders, examines a girl in a shelter in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday.

A man shovels mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. The floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storms are receding and leaving Haiti with mud-caked streets. (

A woman walks through a muddy street in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. The floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storms are receding and leaving Haiti with mud-caked streets.

People load a U.S. Navy ship with disaster relief for flood victims in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. The U.N.'s World Health Organization is appealing for US$4.2 million to help treat injured and sick Haitians in the wake of a devastating string of storms.

A woman waits with two children for a medical examination in a shelter in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17,2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday.

Refugees line up at a shelter prior to a medical examinationin Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Long after the floodwaters from three hurricanes and a tropical storm have receded from Haiti's mud-caked streets, new bodies are still showing up every day, officials said Wednesday.

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