%0 Journal Article %T Consid¨¦rations sur la saison cyclonique d¨¦vastatrice de septembre 2008 en Ha ti : De l'importance des actions majeures dans une perspective de durabilit¨¦ Considerations on the devastating hurricane season in Haiti in September 2008:Importance of the major actions from the perspective of sustainability %A George Eddy Lucien %J ¨¦tudes Caribe¨¦nnes %D 2012 %I Universit¨¦ Antilles-Guyane %R 10.4000/etudescaribeennes.4851 %X Au cours du mois de septembre 2008, quatre cyclones s¡¯abattent sur Ha ti. Ces catastrophes entrainent la mort de plusieurs centaines d¡¯Ha tiens et la destruction de nombreuses infrastructures sanitaires, ¨¦ducatives, agricoles¡­ Cet article a le souci de dresser un bilan des territoires affect¨¦s par ces cyclones et de montrer l¡¯ampleur de dommages et les cons¨¦quences profondes qu¡¯ils laissent sur la soci¨¦t¨¦ ha tienne. Il s¡¯attachera aussi ¨¤ interroger les modalit¨¦s de gestion mises en place pour la p¨¦riode post catastrophe. During the month of September 2008, four hurricanes hit Haiti. These cataclysms caused hundreds of dead and destroyed many infrastructures including but not limited to, sanitary, educational and agricultural. This article is an overview of the impact of these hurricanes on the affected areas. We inquire about the hugeness of the damages and the severe consequences on the society. We interrogate as well the management policy adopted for the post-catastrophe period %K Ha ti %K Vulnerability %K Anthropic factors %K Geographic factors %K Floods %K Management Policy %K Gona ves %K Ha ti %K Vuln¨¦rabilit¨¦ %K Cyclone %K Risque d¡¯inondation %K Modalit¨¦s de gestion %K Ecor¨¦fugi¨¦s %K Gona ves %U http://etudescaribeennes.revues.org/4851