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U.S. Coast Guard transports relief supplies to Gonaives, Haiti **Video / Photos available** (Please click on the here to view the video. You must have Windows Media Player to view the video) A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater,Fla., deployed to Great Inagua, Bahamas, in support of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos, delivers relief supplies to residents in Haiti after Tropical Storm Hanna caused severe flooding in the region.(Please click on the image below to view the full resolution image.)
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Legare moored in Port au Prince, Haiti, Friday to load supplies from the World Food Program (WFO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The 15,000 lbs. of rice, 15,000 lbs. of beans, 64 boxes containing collapsible water jugs, 267 hygiene kits and 160 boxes of plastic sheeting will be delivered to Gonaives, Haiti, which has suffered severe flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, Saturday. The cutter Legare is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va. (USCG photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Morgan Gallapis). GONAIVES, HAITI. - The U.S. Coast Guard transported relief supplies Friday and Saturday to residents suffering in Gonaives, Haiti due to flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna.
Tropical Storm Hanna caused significant flooding in Gonaives Monday and Tuesday when it passed through the region. Friday, crews aboard two HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., picked up U.S. Agency for International Development supplies, enough for approximately 2,000 people, at the Port Au Prince airport and delivered them to Gonaives. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Legare loaded 33 to 35 tons of additional supplies Friday. They are being delivered Saturday to Gonaives. Supplies delivered by the Coast Guard include staple foods such as rice, beans and vegetables, water, hygiene and medical kits, and shelter items, including tents and plastic sheeting. "Our hope is that the food, water, medical and other supplies transported by our Coast Guard ships and aircraft will provide some much needed basic necessities to Haitian residents suffering from the devastating floods," said Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander. "We will continue to closely monitor the situation in Haiti as Hurricane Ike makes its way into the area."
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