Petit Paradis

Petit Paradis
Town
Petit Paradis

Location in Haiti

Coordinates: 18°29′0″N 72°38′01″W / 18.48333°N 72.63361°W / 18.48333; -72.63361Coordinates: 18°29′0″N 72°38′01″W / 18.48333°N 72.63361°W / 18.48333; -72.63361
Country  Haiti
Department Ouest
Arrondissement Léogâne
Time zone UTC (UTC-5)

Petit Paradis (French: Little Paradise) is a town in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti.[1]

2010 Haiti earthquake

Main article: 2010 Haiti earthquake

A tsunami wave three metres or higher hit the beach shortly after the 12 January 2010 earthquake killing several residents. The area was subsided and a large portion of the beach remained submerged.[2] The tsunami reached several hundred yards into the village, destroying several homes, and sweeping several people out to sea, some of them killed.[3]

US Navy Seabees and US Marines arrived at the beach on the 22nd,[4] and will start distributing aid on the 23rd.[3]

References

  1. "Petit Paradis Map — Satellite Images of Petit Paradis".
  2. "Huge Wave Strikes Haiti Coast", CNN (21 January 2010). Retrieved on 22 January 2010
  3. 1 2 CNN, "In Petit Paradis, earthquake then tsunami", Rich Phillips, 23 January 2010 (accessed 23 January 2010)
  4. CNN, CNN Newsroom, airdate 23 January 2010


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