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Grand'Anse hurricane guide

The Grand'Anse department, at the western tip of the southern peninsula with its capital at Jérémie, has a departmental civil protection directorate under the Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC). Its departmental emergency operations centre (COUD) in Jérémie was rehabilitated and inaugurated in February 2026. The DGPC names floods, landslides, flash floods, and violent winds as the main storm risks in Haiti, so follow DGPC and national weather service alerts for each storm.

Checked on October 3, 2026

Every phone number and web address on this page was checked against official sources on that date. Details can change, especially during a storm. Always follow instructions from the Direction départementale de la Protection civile de la Grand'Anse. In a life threatening emergency, call 114 for police, 115 for fire, or 116 for an ambulance.

What to know in Grand'Anse

  • The departmental emergency operations centre (COUD) of the Grand'Anse, in Jérémie, was inaugurated after rehabilitation in February 2026.
  • The DGPC's map of its local offices places the Grand'Anse office at Château, 1ère Section Basse Voldrogue, Jérémie.

Evacuation centers

Open only when announced

Evacuation centers open only when officials announce them, and not every center opens for every storm. Check the official list of open centers before you leave home. Bring your own bedding, food, water, and medicines.

The DGPC tells residents to learn ahead of time the safe areas and the shelters planned for their area, and to contact their communal civil protection office. No official list of shelters for Grand'Anse was found online. A shelter is open only when officials announce it, so follow DGPC announcements and your commune's civil protection office before you go.

Sources

Checked on October 3, 2026. If a number or address here is wrong, please tell us at Keith@KMyers.me.