Roads barely maintained disintegrated and always inadequate utilities failed, compounding problems for relief workers.
"Trucking in clean water to Gonaives is a logistical nightmare," said Abby Maxman, local director of the international humanitarian agency CARE.
The Chilean-led peacekeepers were ferrying in aid by helicopter. Relief agencies got through what they could over damaged roads. But many people, howling in hunger and anger, were turned away when supplies ran out.
The civil protection agency said more than 900 people have been treated for injuries.
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