(31 May 2004) SHOTLIST
Mapou
1. Helicopter landing with aid supplies for Mapou
2. Villagers laying down while the helicopter lands
3. People laying down
4. Various of US marines at the affected area
5. Man writing names on list of those to receive aid supplies
6. Irate villagers as aid workers deliver supplies
7. Villagers carrying food
8. Pregnant women carrying food
9. Woman receiving bread
10. Villagers waiting to receive some food
11. UN workers carrying food for villagers
12. Villagers taking food for their families
13. Villagers arguing
14. Various of flooded houses
15. Destroyed house
16. Various of villagers
Mapou
17. Delegate looking out the helicopter window
18. Marko Kovic of the International Red Cross looking out the window
19. Aerial shot of flooded area
20. Aerial shot of submerged houses
21. Bernard Barret, International Red Cross Committee, looking out helicopter window
22. Various of dead bodies seen from helicopter
Saint Michel
23. Various shots of Erick Balmer, Water and Habitat Engineer from ICRC arriving to inspect water supply
24. Various of Balmer inspecting water supply
25. Various of Balmer reminding villagers of the contamination risk from leaving dead bodies in the water
26. Various of ICRC officials and people listening
27. House surrounded by stones
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Erick Balmer, Water and Habitat Engineer, ICRC:
"We have still dangerous places where we have stone avalanches hanging up in the mountains. We have about five locations with one thousand five hundred people we have to evacuate in the next 72 hours."
Mapou
29. Exterior of the Red Cross clinic
30. Various shots of people waiting to be treated at the Red Cross Clinic
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Marko Kovic, International Red Cross delegation spokesman:
"So we're afraid that this water is going to become contaminated, and it's going to pose a great health risk. Right now we haven't had any serious reports of diarrhoeal diseases in the community, but we're keeping track of it."
32. Various of injured people at Red Cross clinic
STORYLINE
Aid workers fear contaminated water could spread disease in remote parts of Haiti in the wake of floods that have killed more than 1,700 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
While there have been no major reported outbreaks of disease, Red Cross staff working in the worst hit regions say decomposing bodies and animal carcasses still pose a threat to drinking water supplies.
On Sunday an ICRC team flew into the farming town of Saint Michel, near the border with the Dominican Republic, to assess the needs of inhabitants in the area.
From the air, bodies were visible on the ground scarred by last week's torrential rains.
Erick Balmer, a water and habitat engineer working for the ICRC, inspected Saint Michel's water supply to identify possible health hazards.
All but one of the town's reservoirs were covered by the flood waters.
Meanwhile in the southeast town of Mapou, the Red Cross has established a small clinic to treat the sick and wounded.
Aid workers are also urging Haitians in the area to move to higher ground.
Floods and mudslides brought on by three days of heavy rain wiped out entire villages around the farming town.
The hills fringing Mapou are mostly deforested, like much of Haiti, and their bare soil offered nothing to hold back the floodwaters and mudslides that came raging down on Mapou, where few people know how to swim and the rushing water cut through towns.
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