Haiti crisis plunges country into extreme vulnerability to natural disasters [Video]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A crisis involving armed gangs and anti-government factions threatens to further destabilize the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere that not only relies on aid for daily life but for responses to natural disasters.

The destabilization of government entities in the Caribbean nation has increased ever since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021 and led to the recent resignation of the country’s prime minister.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports life-saving humanitarian assistance and transportation across the country’s capital has virtually come to a halt as the official government has grown powerless.

The state of affairs is of concern to aid groups, who are regularly called on to help support the more than 11 million residents.

“The situation in Haiti is heartbreaking. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee for their lives as gang violence in Port-au-Prince spreads to …