One has to realise that the situation there, which was already very difficult before the earthquake, became immensely challenging in its aftermath and even more complicated later – due to Hurricane Tomas, the cholera epidemic and political instability.
Il faut se rendre compte que sur place, la situation déjà très difficile avant le séisme est devenue extrêmement difficile au lendemain du désastre, et plus encore par la suite à cause de l’ouragan Tomas, de l’épidémie de choléra et de l’instabilité politique.