Impact Influence was lesser in Haiti , where squalls Motion tore tin roofs off of numerous shanty homes and subsequently flooded a few .

The Haitian Revolution Change_of_leadership ( ) was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection Change_of_leadership by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue , now the sovereign nation of Haiti .

It involved Participation blacks , mulattoes , French , Spanish , and British participants—with the ex-slave Toussaint L'Ouverture emerging Coming_to_be as Haiti 's most charismatic hero .

Ernesto first affected Influence the northern Caribbean , reaching Arriving minimal hurricane Catastrophe status near Haiti before weakening Cause_change_of_strength and moving Motion across eastern Cuba as a tropical storm Catastrophe .

Sandy 's outer bands brought Bringing flooding to Haiti , killing Killing at least 54 , causing Causation food shortages , and leaving Departing about 200,000 homeless ; the hurricane also caused Causation two deaths in the Dominican Republic .

It quickly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical storm , and then a hurricane Catastrophe , before making landfall Arriving on Haiti 's southwest peninsula .

Deep convection reformed Change the storm 's center southwest of Haiti , near Jamaica 's east coast .

The storm Catastrophe curved Motion_directional northwestward while south of Hispaniola and as a result , struck Attack the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti on September 1 .

The Action of 3 February 1812 was an unusual minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter off the western coast of Haiti between a British frigate and a frigate manned Action by a loose coalition of Haitian rebels .

The battle Military_operation was fought Hostile_encounter against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and the collapse Process_end of government in Haiti in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution Change_of_leadership eight years earlier .

After the French had been expelled Removing from Haiti in 1804 , the newly independent nation was first ruled Control by Jean-Jacques Dessalines , who was murdered Killing in 1806 and replaced Change_of_leadership by two of his advisors , Henri Christophe and Alexandre Pétion .

Stationed Placing off Haiti was the British frigate HMS `` Southampton '' under Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo , tasked Confronting_problem with observing Know the political situation but with orders not to interfere Hindering in the intermittent conflict Hostile_encounter between Christophe and Pétion .

Developing Cause_to_make_progress on October 18 over the southwestern Caribbean Sea , the storm Catastrophe proceeded Self_motion to strike Bodily_harm eastern Jamaica and southeastern Cuba while overwhelming southwestern Haiti in a deluge of rain .

The storm Catastrophe did the most damage Damaging along the Tiburon Peninsula of southwestern Haiti , where catastrophic river flooding Catastrophe took Conquering the lives of up to 2,000 individuals , razed Destroying hundreds of native houses , and destroyed Destroying crops and livestock .

Overall , Allen killed Killing at least 269 people and left Causation $ 1.57 billion in damages ( 1980 US dollars ) , mostly within the United States and Haiti .

The storm struck Connect southwestern Haiti near peak intensity , turned Becoming to the west , and drifted Self_motion over Cuba for four days before turning Becoming to the northeast .

Due Causation to its slow movement Causation across Cuba , Flora is the wettest known tropical cyclone for Cuba , Haiti , and the Dominican Republic .

The storm killed Killing at least 469 people in Haiti before striking Bodily_harm the United States near the border between North and South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane .

In Haiti , Hazel destroyed Destroying 40 percent of the coffee trees and 50 percent of the cacao crop , affecting Influence the economy for several years .

Due to the destruction Destroying in Canada , as well as the United States and Haiti , the name Name_conferral Hazel was retired GiveUp , and will never again be used Using for an Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe .

Alpha dumped torrential rain Motion on the island of Hispaniola , making it Causation the eighth wettest storm Catastrophe to impact poverty-stricken Haiti .

It caused Causation 26 deaths Death , 17 of them in Haiti and all of them caused Causation by floods Motion and rain-related landslides .

In 1779 , more than 500 recruits from Saint-Domingue ( the French colony which later became Becoming Haiti ) , under the overall command Control of French nobleman Charles Hector , Comte d'Estaing , fought Hostile_encounter alongside American colonial troops against the British Army during the siege of Savannah .

Jeanne is blamed Judgment_communication for at least 3,006 deaths Death in Haiti with about 2,800 in Gonaïves alone , which was nearly washed away by floods Catastrophe and mudslides Catastrophe .

It strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to winds of before making landfall on western Haiti and the north coast of eastern Cuba .

The storm caused Causation at least 163 direct deaths along its path , primarily in Dominican Republic and Haiti , due to flooding Catastrophe and mudslides .

Elsewhere , the floods Catastrophe were the worst in Haiti in decades .

In the wake of the storm in Haiti , flooding intensified Cause_change_of_strength a cholera outbreak indirectly causing Causation more fatalities .

However , direct impacts from the hurricane in Haiti were less than anticipated .

The 2004 Haitian coup Change_of_leadership d'état occurred Coming_to_be after conflicts Hostile_encounter lasting for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004 .

It resulted in Causation the removal Removing from office of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide preventing Preventing_or_letting him from finishing his second term , and he left Departing Haiti on a United States ( U.S. ) plane accompanied by U.S. military/security personnel .

Aristide was forced Request into exile Escaping , being flown Escaping directly out of Haiti to the Central African Republic , eventually settling in South Africa .

An interim government led Bringing by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue ( brought back from Africa ) and President Boniface Alexandre was installed Change_of_leadership in Haiti .

The opposition in Haiti accused Judgment_communication the government party of election Choosing fraud Committing_crime in the Haitian general election Choosing , 2000 as did the United States .

The 2010 Haiti earthquake Catastrophe ( ; ) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M earthquake Catastrophe , with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne ( Ouest ) and approximately west of Port-au-Prince , Haiti 's capital .

The 2010 Haiti earthquake Catastrophe ( ; ) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M earthquake Catastrophe , with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne ( Ouest ) and approximately west of Port-au-Prince , Haiti 's capital .

The government of Haiti estimated Statement that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed Destroying or were severely damaged Damaging .

The headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ( MINUSTAH ) , located in the capital , collapsed Damaging , killing Killing many , including the Mission 's Chief , Hédi Annabi .

The most-watched telethon in history aired Expressing_publicly on 22 January , called `` Hope for Haiti Now , '' raising Bringing US $ 58 million by the next day .

The events in Spanish America were related to the wars Hostile_encounter of independence in the former French colony of St-Domingue , Haiti , and the transition to independence in Brazil .

After affecting Influence the country , Inez struck Attack southwestern Haiti , where it was considered the worst hurricane Catastrophe since the 1920s .

Damage totaled $ 20.35 million in Haiti , prompting Causation the United States government to send Sending aid for the first time in nearly ten years due to previous mishandling of funds .