A weather station in Barahona , Dominican Republic , measured of rain during Erika 's passage , including in a single hour . Surrounding areas reported significantly less rain , however . Throughout the country , 823 homes suffered damage and 7,345 people were displaced . Erika blocked over 400 roads and left many power outages . Winds gusts of 50 mph ( 85 km/h ) in Azua caused at least RD$ 400 million ( US$ 8.91 million ) in damage to the banana crop . Heavy rainfall also impacted Haiti , which was still recovering from a catastrophic earthquake in 2010 ; an estimated 60,000 people remained in emergency housing . Four persons died and eleven others were hospitalized in Léogâne , when a truck crashed into a bus on rain-slicked roads and exploded . A fifth death occurred during a landslide in Port-au-Prince . Two people in the area were injured after a house collapsed
catastrophic earthquake in 2010
2010 Haiti earthquake
Tropical Storm Erika