Andre, 49. Water was still waist-high in places and mud on the windows of homes illustrated a desperate tale of rising water which sent people clambering on to their roofs to survive. Some people were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Cars were submerged and dead animals littered streets. The World Food Programme sent a convoy of 12 trucks with 40 tons of food to Gonaives, up a road still waterlogged in parts, and hoped to start handing it out by Wednesday after ensuring that distribution points would be secure, said regional WFP spokesman Alejandro Chicheri. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is chronically vulnerable to flooding because widespread deforestation has stripped the topsoil from its hills and mountains. Flooding in May killed about 2,000 people. --MORE 2320 Local Time 2020 GMT
