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All Indonesians safe from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
The Indonesian Embassy in Havana, Cuba has confirmed that all Indonesian citizens, including 20 Indonesian police officials participating in the UN Stabilization Mission are all safe from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, an official says.
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Saintanor Dutervil stands with his wife in the ruins of their home destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, Oct. 6. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years. (AP/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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he Indonesian Embassy in Havana, Cuba has confirmed that all Indonesian citizens, including 20 Indonesian police officials participating in the UN Stabilization Mission, are all safe from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, an official says.
It was reported earlier that 13 of 20 Indonesian police officials participating in the mission of the UN Peacekeeping Operation were missing and trapped in Hurricane Matthew, the first category 4 storm to hit Haiti in decades.
"We managed to contact them at 2: 30 p.m. on Thursday. They are all safe and sheltered at the UN Police in Haiti," the head of social, cultural and information affairs at the Indonesian Embassy in Havana, Rima Sundusita told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
The early warning system in Haiti had alerted Indonesian nationals and locals to prepare before the hurricane hit, she added.
The embassy in Cuba is also accredited to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Republic of Dominican, Republic of Haiti and Jamaica.
Associated Press has reported that at least 283 people died in just one part of Haiti's southwest, the region that bore the brunt of the storm. Haiti's government has estimated that at least 350,000 people need assistance in what is likely to be the country's worst humanitarian crisis since the devastating earthquake of January 2010. (rin)
