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Images show flooded streets in downtown Cap-Haïtien after hours of rain on Feb. 24, 2026. Residents and businesses have experienced disruptions to communication services due to a power outage.
CAP-HAÏTIEN — Wearing long rubber boots, a young man stepped cautiously through brown floodwater on Street 22A in downtown Cap-Haïtien on Tuesday. His friends from across the street shouted: “Atansyon, gon tou la,” Creole for “be careful, there’s a hole there.”
The young man chuckled and changed direction, walking even more carefully. When he finally made his way across the streets, he handed his phone and a charger to his friends to recharge it for him.
Rain has been falling intermittently in Haiti’s second-largest city since Feb. 24, leaving several downtown streets flooded. Trash usually piled high along the roadways mixed with standing water, slowing traffic and pedestrian movement.
Many residents who rely on solar panels and inverters reported temporary power outages, cutting off communication and limiting access to entertainment and online services. Several businesses closed or operated at reduced capacity. Street vendors and small merchants said sales were slower, and some schools shut their doors for the day.
As of Wednesday morning, no deaths or injuries had been reported. Flooding remained limited to certain areas and was considered mild. According to forecasts, the rain is expected to end on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 25 and return on Feb. 28.
Below are images from downtown Cap-Haïtien following hours of rainfall.
A woman carrying a takeout container in one hand and her shoe in the other walks through floodwater along Letter A Street on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/The Haitian Times
Taxi-moto drivers install umbrellas on their motorcycles during rainfall on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/The Haitian Times
A man scans floodwater on Letter A Street to find a safe path across on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times
Trash lines the road near the National Office of Identification (ONI) on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/The Haitian Times
Street 24A, which frequently floods after heavy rain, forced roadside restaurants to close on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/The Haitian Times
Carenage, an area of town known for flooding, had only shallow puddles form on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times
A muddy, trash-covered road in downtown Cap-Haïtien after hours of rainfall on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times
Residents walk past floodwater by College Regina Assumpta, an all-girl catholic school closed due to flooding on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times
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Onz Chery is a Haiti correspondent for The Haitian Times. Chery started his journalism career as a City College of New York student with The Campus. He later wrote for First Touch, local soccer leagues in New York and Elite Sports New York before joining The Haitian Times in 2019.
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