World leaders including President Obama quickly took to the
airwaves to pledge fast and bold support to Haiti, ravaged by the
recent earthquake.
"You will not be forsaken," the President said, and I think we all
hope that the search teams, food, temporary shelter, and
needed medical help can get through the many barriers today to
reach the Haitian people.
What kind of world is it when we offer "help" to people whose
lives, homes, and cities have been destroyed in an earthquake
but require that it be paid back?
Meanwhile, now is the time to halt the deportation of
undocumented Haitian immigrants. Since January 2009 U.S.
immigration judges have issued deportation orders to over
30,000 undocumented Haitians and Homeland Security is
holding many in detention.
The U.S. has a policy of granting Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) to immigrants whose home countries have been wracked
by war, famine, earthquake or some other disaster--allowing
them to work temporarily. Currently residents of countries
including Honduras and Somalia are eligible and it only makes
sense to add Haiti to the list.
What kind of world is it when we offer "help" to people whose
lives, homes, and cities have been destroyed in an earthquake
but require that it be paid back?
Meanwhile, now is the time to halt the deportation of
undocumented Haitian immigrants. Since January 2009 U.S.
immigration judges have issued deportation orders to over
30,000 undocumented Haitians and Homeland Security is
holding many in detention.
The U.S. has a policy of granting Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) to immigrants whose home countries have been wracked
by war, famine, earthquake or some other disaster--allowing
them to work temporarily. Currently residents of countries
including Honduras and Somalia are eligible and it only makes
sense to add Haiti to the list.
Rescuers struggled to save the trapped and injured, using
pickups as ambulances and doors as stretchers this week after
a magnitude-7.0 earthquake wrecked Haiti Tuesday evening.
As the scope of the devastation became clearer, survivors
spoke in terms of all that has disappeared. Most hospitals,
houses, schools, roads and grocery stores — virtually every
necessity of basic life — were transformed into piles of rubble.
Thousands are dead, Haitian President Rene Preval said, and
one of the world's poorest countries had become almost entirely
dependent on outside help to survive.
Speaking to reporters Thursday at the White House, President
Obama said the U.S. government is making an initial investment
of $100 million for the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. He said
the amount would grow over the year
airwaves to pledge fast and bold support to Haiti, ravaged by the
recent earthquake.
"You will not be forsaken," the President said, and I think we all
hope that the search teams, food, temporary shelter, and
needed medical help can get through the many barriers today to
reach the Haitian people.
What kind of world is it when we offer "help" to people whose
lives, homes, and cities have been destroyed in an earthquake
but require that it be paid back?
Meanwhile, now is the time to halt the deportation of
undocumented Haitian immigrants. Since January 2009 U.S.
immigration judges have issued deportation orders to over
30,000 undocumented Haitians and Homeland Security is
holding many in detention.
The U.S. has a policy of granting Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) to immigrants whose home countries have been wracked
by war, famine, earthquake or some other disaster--allowing
them to work temporarily. Currently residents of countries
including Honduras and Somalia are eligible and it only makes
sense to add Haiti to the list.
What kind of world is it when we offer "help" to people whose
lives, homes, and cities have been destroyed in an earthquake
but require that it be paid back?
Meanwhile, now is the time to halt the deportation of
undocumented Haitian immigrants. Since January 2009 U.S.
immigration judges have issued deportation orders to over
30,000 undocumented Haitians and Homeland Security is
holding many in detention.
The U.S. has a policy of granting Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) to immigrants whose home countries have been wracked
by war, famine, earthquake or some other disaster--allowing
them to work temporarily. Currently residents of countries
including Honduras and Somalia are eligible and it only makes
sense to add Haiti to the list.
Rescuers struggled to save the trapped and injured, using
pickups as ambulances and doors as stretchers this week after
a magnitude-7.0 earthquake wrecked Haiti Tuesday evening.
As the scope of the devastation became clearer, survivors
spoke in terms of all that has disappeared. Most hospitals,
houses, schools, roads and grocery stores — virtually every
necessity of basic life — were transformed into piles of rubble.
Thousands are dead, Haitian President Rene Preval said, and
one of the world's poorest countries had become almost entirely
dependent on outside help to survive.
Speaking to reporters Thursday at the White House, President
Obama said the U.S. government is making an initial investment
of $100 million for the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. He said
the amount would grow over the year
History
The Worst Natural Disasters Ever hit this poor nation
The massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday may be
the most powerful quake to strike the island nation in more than 200 years.
The epicenter of the quake was about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest
of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
When Nature unleashes her fury, humanity can seem instantly frail and
subordinate. Cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes can kill
thousands in moments. Often the final death tolls are never truly known.
It is impossible to compare modern and historical disasters and develop
any objective list of the worst, yet a subjective list can prove instructive.
Here are the challenges:
The world's population has increased dramatically in the past century and
a far higher percentage of people live near dangerous coastlines, so
coastal storms and tsunamis stand to kill more people nowadays than in
the past.
All that in mind, here we present 15 of the worst disasters of all time in
reverse chronological order, with no attempt to rate one in comparison to
another. We recognize the list is weighted heavily with modern events and
that other disasters — both in modern times and in the distant past — could
arguably supplant some of these based on individual perspective and
interpretation.
January 12, 2010 - Casualties resulting from the Haiti quake are still
unknown, but the Red Cross estimates that up to 3 million people may
have been affected.
May 2, 2008 - The death toll from Cyclone Nargis remains uncertain but has
been put at 140,000 or more. Caught with nowhere to run, residents of low-
lying rice fields in Maynmar were simply swept away.
Oct. 8, 2005 - Magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Pakistan killed more than
40,000 people. The destruction was due in part to the quake's shallow
origin.
August 2005 - Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and is the
costliest hurricane in U.S. history. More so than any U.S. disaster in recent
decades, its effects linger even today as New Orleans and many coastal
communities still struggle to get back on their feet.
Dec. 26, 2004 - The magnitude-9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting
Sumatran tsunami is estimated to have killed more than 225,000 people. It
affected a broader region and more people than any modern disaster.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew killed 26, but property damage was $25 billion --
most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history at the time.
1985 - Nevado del Ruiz (Columbia) volcano killed 25,000 people, most
caught in a massive mudflow.
1976 - Tangshan earthquake in China, a magnitude-8 event, killed
somewhere between 255,000 and 655,000.
1931 - Yellow River flood, estimated to have killed 1 million to 3.7 million
people via drowning, disease, ensuing famines and droughts. The river
also had flooded catastrophically in 1887, killing nearly as many.
1815 - Tambora, Indonesia, volcano of 1815. 80,000 people died of
subsequent famine.
1811-12 - Three New Madrid earthquakes in Missouri represent some of
the strongest earthquakes in the contiguous United States in recorded
history. With magnitudes estimated as high as 7.8 or so, they were felt as
far away as Boston. Damage was relatively light due to sparse population,
but the quakes serve as a frightening reminder of how fickle nature can be
and they are also alarmingly predictive of what could happen in the future
now that the area is far more populous.
1737 - Calcutta, India, event killed 300,000. Once thought to have been an
earthquake, scientists now lean toward typhoon.
1556 - Shaanzi, China, earthquake killed 830,000. Nobody knows the
seismic magnitude.
1330-1351 - The Black Death or Bubonic Plague, a pandemic caused by a
bacterium called Yersinia pestis, killed an estimated 75 million people,
wiping out somewhere between 30 to 60 percent of Europe's population.
1138 - Aleppo earthquake in Syria, killed about 230,000. It is listed by the U.
S. Geological Survey as the fourth deadliest earthquake of all time.
1500 B.C., or so - The Mediterranean Stroggli island blew up. A tsunami
virtually wiped out Minoan civilization. Area now called Santorini; Plato
called it the site where Atlantis disappeared.
The Worst Natural Disasters Ever hit this poor nation
The massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday may be
the most powerful quake to strike the island nation in more than 200 years.
The epicenter of the quake was about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest
of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
When Nature unleashes her fury, humanity can seem instantly frail and
subordinate. Cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes can kill
thousands in moments. Often the final death tolls are never truly known.
It is impossible to compare modern and historical disasters and develop
any objective list of the worst, yet a subjective list can prove instructive.
Here are the challenges:
The world's population has increased dramatically in the past century and
a far higher percentage of people live near dangerous coastlines, so
coastal storms and tsunamis stand to kill more people nowadays than in
the past.
All that in mind, here we present 15 of the worst disasters of all time in
reverse chronological order, with no attempt to rate one in comparison to
another. We recognize the list is weighted heavily with modern events and
that other disasters — both in modern times and in the distant past — could
arguably supplant some of these based on individual perspective and
interpretation.
January 12, 2010 - Casualties resulting from the Haiti quake are still
unknown, but the Red Cross estimates that up to 3 million people may
have been affected.
May 2, 2008 - The death toll from Cyclone Nargis remains uncertain but has
been put at 140,000 or more. Caught with nowhere to run, residents of low-
lying rice fields in Maynmar were simply swept away.
Oct. 8, 2005 - Magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Pakistan killed more than
40,000 people. The destruction was due in part to the quake's shallow
origin.
August 2005 - Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and is the
costliest hurricane in U.S. history. More so than any U.S. disaster in recent
decades, its effects linger even today as New Orleans and many coastal
communities still struggle to get back on their feet.
Dec. 26, 2004 - The magnitude-9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting
Sumatran tsunami is estimated to have killed more than 225,000 people. It
affected a broader region and more people than any modern disaster.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew killed 26, but property damage was $25 billion --
most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history at the time.
1985 - Nevado del Ruiz (Columbia) volcano killed 25,000 people, most
caught in a massive mudflow.
1976 - Tangshan earthquake in China, a magnitude-8 event, killed
somewhere between 255,000 and 655,000.
1931 - Yellow River flood, estimated to have killed 1 million to 3.7 million
people via drowning, disease, ensuing famines and droughts. The river
also had flooded catastrophically in 1887, killing nearly as many.
1815 - Tambora, Indonesia, volcano of 1815. 80,000 people died of
subsequent famine.
1811-12 - Three New Madrid earthquakes in Missouri represent some of
the strongest earthquakes in the contiguous United States in recorded
history. With magnitudes estimated as high as 7.8 or so, they were felt as
far away as Boston. Damage was relatively light due to sparse population,
but the quakes serve as a frightening reminder of how fickle nature can be
and they are also alarmingly predictive of what could happen in the future
now that the area is far more populous.
1737 - Calcutta, India, event killed 300,000. Once thought to have been an
earthquake, scientists now lean toward typhoon.
1556 - Shaanzi, China, earthquake killed 830,000. Nobody knows the
seismic magnitude.
1330-1351 - The Black Death or Bubonic Plague, a pandemic caused by a
bacterium called Yersinia pestis, killed an estimated 75 million people,
wiping out somewhere between 30 to 60 percent of Europe's population.
1138 - Aleppo earthquake in Syria, killed about 230,000. It is listed by the U.
S. Geological Survey as the fourth deadliest earthquake of all time.
1500 B.C., or so - The Mediterranean Stroggli island blew up. A tsunami
virtually wiped out Minoan civilization. Area now called Santorini; Plato
called it the site where Atlantis disappeared.
Haiti's capital city PORT-AU-PRINCE devastated by major earthquake
Tuesday January 12, 2010 about 4:50 pm.
Celebrities, companies, sports teams and regular Americans are
mobilizing to help Haiti with an outpouring of generosity that could exceed
private donations made after Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Asian
tsunami.
"We're hearing that this is breaking all records," says Sandra Miniutti of
Charity Navigator, an independent group that evaluates U.S. charities.
After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast in 2005,
private donations by Americans totaled $6.47 billion, says Indiana
University's Center on Philanthropy. Almost $2 billion was given by
private U.S. donors after the Asian tsunami.
Aid organizations were beginning what they said may be one of the
biggest, most complex relief efforts in recent history. The absence of clean
water, electricity and medical supplies could result in more deaths in the
days ahead unless dramatic action is taken, they said.
Tuesday January 12, 2010 about 4:50 pm.
Celebrities, companies, sports teams and regular Americans are
mobilizing to help Haiti with an outpouring of generosity that could exceed
private donations made after Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Asian
tsunami.
"We're hearing that this is breaking all records," says Sandra Miniutti of
Charity Navigator, an independent group that evaluates U.S. charities.
After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast in 2005,
private donations by Americans totaled $6.47 billion, says Indiana
University's Center on Philanthropy. Almost $2 billion was given by
private U.S. donors after the Asian tsunami.
Aid organizations were beginning what they said may be one of the
biggest, most complex relief efforts in recent history. The absence of clean
water, electricity and medical supplies could result in more deaths in the
days ahead unless dramatic action is taken, they said.
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Vice President Joe Biden greets members
of the Haitian-American community Dolina
Lordeus Lascaze, as Pierre Lascaze, left,
and Father Reginald Jean-Mary, right, look
on at the Notre Dame D'Haiti Roman
Catholic Church in the 'Little Haiti ' area of
Miami, Saturday, Jan. 16,
of the Haitian-American community Dolina
Lordeus Lascaze, as Pierre Lascaze, left,
and Father Reginald Jean-Mary, right, look
on at the Notre Dame D'Haiti Roman
Catholic Church in the 'Little Haiti ' area of
Miami, Saturday, Jan. 16,
HAITI EARTHQUAKE
PEOPLE FROM ELSEWHERE
Americans in Haiti when earthquake
struck: 45,000.
Number of Americans evacuated
from Haiti: 846.
Number of Americans confirmed
dead: six.
Number of Canadians dead: four.
Number of United Nations worker in
Haiti when earthquake struck:
12,000.
Number of UN workers confirmed
dead: 37.
Number of UN workers missing: 330.
Number of Dominicans dead: six.
Number of Brazilians dead: 15.
Number of Europeans dead: six.
Number of staffers of Christian
humanitarian agency World Vision:
370.
U.S. troops there to help or possibly
on their way: 10,000.
Haitian Red Cross volunteers: 1,700.
PEOPLE FROM ELSEWHERE
Americans in Haiti when earthquake
struck: 45,000.
Number of Americans evacuated
from Haiti: 846.
Number of Americans confirmed
dead: six.
Number of Canadians dead: four.
Number of United Nations worker in
Haiti when earthquake struck:
12,000.
Number of UN workers confirmed
dead: 37.
Number of UN workers missing: 330.
Number of Dominicans dead: six.
Number of Brazilians dead: 15.
Number of Europeans dead: six.
Number of staffers of Christian
humanitarian agency World Vision:
370.
U.S. troops there to help or possibly
on their way: 10,000.
Haitian Red Cross volunteers: 1,700.
THE MONEY
United Nations Emergency appeal
for aid: $550 million.
United States pledge of aid: $100
million.
European Commission's initial
spending: 3 million Euros.
Total pledge of aid by governments
around world: $400 million.
Number of governments that have
sent aid so far: more than 20.
International Red Cross' initial
emergency appeal goal: $10 million.
Amount of money raised by Save
The Children: $7 million.
Amount of money pledged by
George Soros: $4 million.
Amount of money raised by the
Salvation Army and some other
charities: more than $3 million.
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HELP THAT'S ALREADY THERE OR
COMING
Number of people being fed daily by
U.N.'s World Food Program: 8,000.
Number of people a day WFP hopes
to feed within 15 days: 1 million.
Number of people a day WFP hopes
to feed within one month: 2 million.
Amount of food salvaged by WFP in
damaged Haitian warehouse being
distributed: 6,000 tons (out of a total
of 15,000 tons stored before the
earthquake).
United Nations Emergency appeal
for aid: $550 million.
United States pledge of aid: $100
million.
European Commission's initial
spending: 3 million Euros.
Total pledge of aid by governments
around world: $400 million.
Number of governments that have
sent aid so far: more than 20.
International Red Cross' initial
emergency appeal goal: $10 million.
Amount of money raised by Save
The Children: $7 million.
Amount of money pledged by
George Soros: $4 million.
Amount of money raised by the
Salvation Army and some other
charities: more than $3 million.
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HELP THAT'S ALREADY THERE OR
COMING
Number of people being fed daily by
U.N.'s World Food Program: 8,000.
Number of people a day WFP hopes
to feed within 15 days: 1 million.
Number of people a day WFP hopes
to feed within one month: 2 million.
Amount of food salvaged by WFP in
damaged Haitian warehouse being
distributed: 6,000 tons (out of a total
of 15,000 tons stored before the
earthquake).
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earthquake devastates
resort city of Jacmel.
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earthquake devastates
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..JACMEL Haiti,
earthquake devastates
resort city of Jacmel.
People are lost, dead,
missing. Houses are
down and facilities are
down.
Destruction widespread in
Haitian town of Jacmel,,
JACMEL-The people of Jacmel line
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it's horrible what's happened there,"
said Bolles, the emergency health
and nutrition director for Save the
Children in Haiti. "People are lost,
dead, missing. Houses are down and
facilities are down. It sounded similar
to what we're seeing here in
Port-au-Prince."
Attention has focused on
Port-au-Prince since Tuesday's
7.0-magnitude quake, as it is the
country's most populous city.
Just to the west of Port-au-Prince is
Carrefour, a city of 442,000 that felt
violent shaking during the quake,
according to the U.S. Geological
Survey. Damage there is expected to
be heavy -- reports have yet to come
in, the agency said.
West of that is Leogane, a city, like
Carrefour, that is passed on the road
to Jacmel. More than 30 miles further
west of the capital is Petit-Goave -- all
towns, Bolles said that are reeling
from the quake.
Leogane's main hospital was
flattened, as were numerous other
buildings, Bolles said. She said she
heard the "whole town had
collapsed."
Among the other areas, she said she
was told an orphanage full of 1,500
children collapsed, and many people
were dead or missing.
JACMEL, Haiti -- While the world's
attention focused on
earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, a
catastrophe of parallel magnitude
has been unfolding in isolation on the
country's southern coast, which the
quake left littered with smashed
buildings and extensive casualties.
Stranded and increasingly desperate
residents of Jacmel, a quaint, historic
Caribbean port city that suffered
widespread damage and has been
cut off from Port-au-Prince to the
north, complain they have been
forgotten.
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earthquake devastates
resort city of Jacmel.
People are lost, dead,
missing. Houses are
down and facilities are
down.
Destruction widespread in
Haitian town of Jacmel,,
JACMEL-The people of Jacmel line
the streets. LEARN MORE ABOUT
JACMEL...
www.knowledgefinancial.com/haiti
it's horrible what's happened there,"
said Bolles, the emergency health
and nutrition director for Save the
Children in Haiti. "People are lost,
dead, missing. Houses are down and
facilities are down. It sounded similar
to what we're seeing here in
Port-au-Prince."
Attention has focused on
Port-au-Prince since Tuesday's
7.0-magnitude quake, as it is the
country's most populous city.
Just to the west of Port-au-Prince is
Carrefour, a city of 442,000 that felt
violent shaking during the quake,
according to the U.S. Geological
Survey. Damage there is expected to
be heavy -- reports have yet to come
in, the agency said.
West of that is Leogane, a city, like
Carrefour, that is passed on the road
to Jacmel. More than 30 miles further
west of the capital is Petit-Goave -- all
towns, Bolles said that are reeling
from the quake.
Leogane's main hospital was
flattened, as were numerous other
buildings, Bolles said. She said she
heard the "whole town had
collapsed."
Among the other areas, she said she
was told an orphanage full of 1,500
children collapsed, and many people
were dead or missing.
JACMEL, Haiti -- While the world's
attention focused on
earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, a
catastrophe of parallel magnitude
has been unfolding in isolation on the
country's southern coast, which the
quake left littered with smashed
buildings and extensive casualties.
Stranded and increasingly desperate
residents of Jacmel, a quaint, historic
Caribbean port city that suffered
widespread damage and has been
cut off from Port-au-Prince to the
north, complain they have been
forgotten.
KNOWLEDGEFINANCIAL
.COM
JANUARY 12, 2010-- REMEMBER...
HAITI EARTHQUAKE-- In the face
of the terrible tragedy that has
affected Haiti, and surrounding
territories. I hope that we can join
together an extend a helping hand.
Please donate whatever you can to
help those in this horrific disaster.
A little from us can be a huge help
to those suffering. VISIT:
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DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKE IN
HISTORY OF HUMANITY.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the
capital of Haiti Jan. 12, and
thousands are presumed dead.
Here's a look at some of the most
unforgiving earthquakes in history
1556: Shaanxi, China-- The
deadliest quake of all time might
be one of the least talked about,
considering it occurred nearly 450
years ago. Centered in China's
central Shaanxi province, the 1556
quake claimed the lives of some
830,000 people. Why the massive
death toll?
Blame the quake's strength (8.0 on
the Richter scale, or more than 30
times more powerful than the
recent quake in Haiti) as well as
timing and location.
The pre-modern structures were
utterly unable to withstand a quake
of such force, and massive
landslides contributed to the
casualties. All told, an area some
500 miles wide was wiped out.
HAITI EARTHQUAKE-- In the face
of the terrible tragedy that has
affected Haiti, and surrounding
territories. I hope that we can join
together an extend a helping hand.
Please donate whatever you can to
help those in this horrific disaster.
A little from us can be a huge help
to those suffering. VISIT:
WWW.KNOWLEDGEFINANCIAL.C
OM-
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DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKE IN
HISTORY OF HUMANITY.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the
capital of Haiti Jan. 12, and
thousands are presumed dead.
Here's a look at some of the most
unforgiving earthquakes in history
1556: Shaanxi, China-- The
deadliest quake of all time might
be one of the least talked about,
considering it occurred nearly 450
years ago. Centered in China's
central Shaanxi province, the 1556
quake claimed the lives of some
830,000 people. Why the massive
death toll?
Blame the quake's strength (8.0 on
the Richter scale, or more than 30
times more powerful than the
recent quake in Haiti) as well as
timing and location.
The pre-modern structures were
utterly unable to withstand a quake
of such force, and massive
landslides contributed to the
casualties. All told, an area some
500 miles wide was wiped out.
..JACMEL Haiti, earthquake
devastates resort city of Jacmel.
Destruction widespread in Haitian
town of Jacmel,,
JACMEL-The people of Jacmel line
the streets. LEARN MORE ABOUT
JACMEL...
devastates resort city of Jacmel.
Destruction widespread in Haitian
town of Jacmel,,
JACMEL-The people of Jacmel line
the streets. LEARN MORE ABOUT
JACMEL...
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HAITI NEWS UPDATE
AFTERMATH OF THE
GREATEST DISASTER IN
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT. LEARN MORE...
HAITI NEWS UPDATE
AFTERMATH OF THE
GREATEST DISASTER IN
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT. LEARN MORE...
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HAITI NEWS UPDATE
AFTERMATH OF THE
GREATEST DISASTER IN
HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT.
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HAITI NEWS UPDATE
AFTERMATH OF THE
GREATEST DISASTER IN
HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT.
LEARN MORE...
Haiti's Orphaned Kids: How the
Quake Is Speeding Adoptions
One of the worst-ever natural
disasters in the western
hemisphere leaves the Haitian
capital of Port-au-Prince in
ruins
For Haiti's Devastated People,
Aid Comes Unequally
All they wanted was some
help. Some water, a little food,
maybe some medical supplies.
But what had started out as an
interview with an earthquake
victim turned into scary scuffle
in downtown Port-au-Prince,
the area worst hit by Jan. 12's
earthquake
People line up for food, World
Food Program in the Cité
Soleil neighborhood of
Port-au-Prince on Jan.
,, TOP TEN DEADLIEST
EARTHQUAKE IN WORLD'S
HISTORY...
Quake Is Speeding Adoptions
One of the worst-ever natural
disasters in the western
hemisphere leaves the Haitian
capital of Port-au-Prince in
ruins
For Haiti's Devastated People,
Aid Comes Unequally
All they wanted was some
help. Some water, a little food,
maybe some medical supplies.
But what had started out as an
interview with an earthquake
victim turned into scary scuffle
in downtown Port-au-Prince,
the area worst hit by Jan. 12's
earthquake
People line up for food, World
Food Program in the Cité
Soleil neighborhood of
Port-au-Prince on Jan.
,, TOP TEN DEADLIEST
EARTHQUAKE IN WORLD'S
HISTORY...
Haiti to resettle 400,000
quake victims to camps.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –
Within days, the government will
move 400,000 people made
homeless by Haiti's epic
earthquake from their squalid
improvised camps throughout the
shattered capital to new
resettlement areas on the
outskirts, a top Haitian official said
Thursday.
Authorities are worried about
sanitation and disease outbreaks
in makeshift settlements like the
one on the city's central Champs
de Mars plaza, said Fritz
Longchamp, chief of staff to
President Rene Preval.
"The Champ de Mars is no place
for 1,000 or 10,000 people,"
Longchamp told The Associated
Press. "They are going to be going
to places where they will have at
least some adequate facilities."
He said buses would start moving
people within a week to 10 days,
once new camps are ready.
Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers were
already leveling land in the suburb
of Croix des Bouquets for a new
tent city, the Geneva-based
intergovernmental International
Organization for Migration reported
quake victims to camps.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –
Within days, the government will
move 400,000 people made
homeless by Haiti's epic
earthquake from their squalid
improvised camps throughout the
shattered capital to new
resettlement areas on the
outskirts, a top Haitian official said
Thursday.
Authorities are worried about
sanitation and disease outbreaks
in makeshift settlements like the
one on the city's central Champs
de Mars plaza, said Fritz
Longchamp, chief of staff to
President Rene Preval.
"The Champ de Mars is no place
for 1,000 or 10,000 people,"
Longchamp told The Associated
Press. "They are going to be going
to places where they will have at
least some adequate facilities."
He said buses would start moving
people within a week to 10 days,
once new camps are ready.
Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers were
already leveling land in the suburb
of Croix des Bouquets for a new
tent city, the Geneva-based
intergovernmental International
Organization for Migration reported
HAITI, After the Oil Crisis, a
Food Crisis. BU, FOOD
CRISIS IS NOT ONLY IN
HAITI..
Is the world headed for a food
crisis? India, Mexico and Yemen
have seen food riots this year.
Argentines boycotted tomatoes
during the country's recent
presidential elections when the
vegetable became more
expensive than meat; and in Italy,
shoppers organized a one-day
boycott of pasta to protest rising
prices.
In late October, the Russian
government, hoping to ease
tensions ahead of parliamentary
elections early next year,
announced a price freeze for
milk, bread and other foods
through the end of January.
What's the cause for these
shortages and price hikes?
Expensive oil, for the most part.
Food Crisis. BU, FOOD
CRISIS IS NOT ONLY IN
HAITI..
Is the world headed for a food
crisis? India, Mexico and Yemen
have seen food riots this year.
Argentines boycotted tomatoes
during the country's recent
presidential elections when the
vegetable became more
expensive than meat; and in Italy,
shoppers organized a one-day
boycott of pasta to protest rising
prices.
In late October, the Russian
government, hoping to ease
tensions ahead of parliamentary
elections early next year,
announced a price freeze for
milk, bread and other foods
through the end of January.
What's the cause for these
shortages and price hikes?
Expensive oil, for the most part.
WORLD FOOD CRISIS
Add this to the list of items
that could seriously threaten
world peace:
Rocketing food prices — some of
which have more than doubled in
two years — have sparked riots in
numerous countries recently.
Millions are reeling from sticker
shock and governments are
scrambling to staunch a fast-moving
crisis before it spins out of control.
From Mexico to Pakistan, protests
have turned violent. Rioters tore
through three cities in the West
African nation of Burkina Faso last
month, burning government
buildings and looting stores. Days
later in Cameroon, a taxi drivers'
strike over fuel prices mutated into a
massive protest about food prices,
leaving around 20 people dead.
Similar protests exploded in
Senegal and Mauritania late last
year. And Indian protesters burned
hundreds of food-ration stores in
West Bengal last October, accusing
the owners of selling government-
subsidized food on the lucrative
black market.
"This is a serious security issue,"
says Joachim von Braun, director-
general of the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in
Washington. In recent weeks, he
notes, he has been bombarded by
calls from officials around the world,
all asking one question: How long
will the crisis last?
Add this to the list of items
that could seriously threaten
world peace:
Rocketing food prices — some of
which have more than doubled in
two years — have sparked riots in
numerous countries recently.
Millions are reeling from sticker
shock and governments are
scrambling to staunch a fast-moving
crisis before it spins out of control.
From Mexico to Pakistan, protests
have turned violent. Rioters tore
through three cities in the West
African nation of Burkina Faso last
month, burning government
buildings and looting stores. Days
later in Cameroon, a taxi drivers'
strike over fuel prices mutated into a
massive protest about food prices,
leaving around 20 people dead.
Similar protests exploded in
Senegal and Mauritania late last
year. And Indian protesters burned
hundreds of food-ration stores in
West Bengal last October, accusing
the owners of selling government-
subsidized food on the lucrative
black market.
"This is a serious security issue,"
says Joachim von Braun, director-
general of the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in
Washington. In recent weeks, he
notes, he has been bombarded by
calls from officials around the world,
all asking one question: How long
will the crisis last?
THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS
For nation shall rise against nation .
. . and there shall be famines and
troubles; these are the beginnings
of sorrows. —Mark 13:8
Nothing is older to man than his
struggle for food. From the time the
early hunters stalked the
mammoths and the first sedentary
"farmers" scratched the soil to coax
scrawny grain to grow, man has
battled hunger.
History is replete with his failures.
The Bible chronicles one famine
after an other; food was in such
short supply in ancient Athens that
visiting ships had to share their
stores with the city; Romans prayed
at the threshold of Olympus for food.
Every generation in medieval
Europe suffered famine.
After World War II, however,
it seemed that man at long
last was winning the battle
against hunger. Bumper
harvests in many nations, notably
the U.S., created food surpluses in
the West, while the development of
"miracle seeds" brought the hope
that the densely populated poor
countries would soon attain self-
sufficiency.
Then, Since 2006, this optimism
turned to despair as hunger and
famine began ravaging hundreds of
millions of the poorest citizens in at
least 40 nations.
The world's reserves* of
grain have reached a 22-
year low, equal to about 26 days'
supply, compared with a 95-day
supply in 1961, according to Lester
Brown, a leading U.S. food expert.
Low harvests and high prices have
forced the traditional surplus-
producing nations to curtail the
amount of food that they normally
give as aid to the hungry nations.
For nation shall rise against nation .
. . and there shall be famines and
troubles; these are the beginnings
of sorrows. —Mark 13:8
Nothing is older to man than his
struggle for food. From the time the
early hunters stalked the
mammoths and the first sedentary
"farmers" scratched the soil to coax
scrawny grain to grow, man has
battled hunger.
History is replete with his failures.
The Bible chronicles one famine
after an other; food was in such
short supply in ancient Athens that
visiting ships had to share their
stores with the city; Romans prayed
at the threshold of Olympus for food.
Every generation in medieval
Europe suffered famine.
After World War II, however,
it seemed that man at long
last was winning the battle
against hunger. Bumper
harvests in many nations, notably
the U.S., created food surpluses in
the West, while the development of
"miracle seeds" brought the hope
that the densely populated poor
countries would soon attain self-
sufficiency.
Then, Since 2006, this optimism
turned to despair as hunger and
famine began ravaging hundreds of
millions of the poorest citizens in at
least 40 nations.
The world's reserves* of
grain have reached a 22-
year low, equal to about 26 days'
supply, compared with a 95-day
supply in 1961, according to Lester
Brown, a leading U.S. food expert.
Low harvests and high prices have
forced the traditional surplus-
producing nations to curtail the
amount of food that they normally
give as aid to the hungry nations.
1970: Chimbote, Peru
The Great Peruvian Earthquake hit the
coastal town of Chimbote, Peru on
May 31, 1970 — measuring a 7.9
magnitude on the Richter scale.
The epicenter of the quake was 15
miles away from the city, in the Pacific
Ocean, yet the disaster claimed the
lives of some 70,000 people and left
more than 800,000 homeless.
Landslides, with debris traveling at
speeds of up to 200 mph down the
sides of the Navado Huascaran
mountain, destroyed whole villages.
Tremors could be felt in Lima —
some 400 miles away.
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1976: Tangshan, China--- China has
the misfortune to have had the
second deadliest earthquake on
record, the 1976 Great Tangshan
Earthquake, which struck in the
country's northeast. It'd be more
accurate to call this a binary quake:
an aftershock that struck 16 hours
after the initial temblor measured an
identical 7.8 on the Richter scale and
was equally destructive.
Death estimates are hard to pin down
— initial reports placed the toll at
nearly 700,000, but those have since
been revised down to some 250,000.
Compounding the massive casualty
count was the decision by the
Chinese government to accept no
international aid in the aftermath of
the quakes.
The Great Peruvian Earthquake hit the
coastal town of Chimbote, Peru on
May 31, 1970 — measuring a 7.9
magnitude on the Richter scale.
The epicenter of the quake was 15
miles away from the city, in the Pacific
Ocean, yet the disaster claimed the
lives of some 70,000 people and left
more than 800,000 homeless.
Landslides, with debris traveling at
speeds of up to 200 mph down the
sides of the Navado Huascaran
mountain, destroyed whole villages.
Tremors could be felt in Lima —
some 400 miles away.
-------------------------------------------------
1976: Tangshan, China--- China has
the misfortune to have had the
second deadliest earthquake on
record, the 1976 Great Tangshan
Earthquake, which struck in the
country's northeast. It'd be more
accurate to call this a binary quake:
an aftershock that struck 16 hours
after the initial temblor measured an
identical 7.8 on the Richter scale and
was equally destructive.
Death estimates are hard to pin down
— initial reports placed the toll at
nearly 700,000, but those have since
been revised down to some 250,000.
Compounding the massive casualty
count was the decision by the
Chinese government to accept no
international aid in the aftermath of
the quakes.
1920: Haiyuan, China
The Dec. 16, 1920 Haiyuan
earthquake — which registered a
7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale
— caused rivers to change course
and sent landslides pouring down
mountains.
Destruction stretched across seven
Chinese provinces. Sujiahe, a town
in in Xiji County, was completely
buried under a landslide. An
estimated 200,000 people died in
the disaster, which was felt as far
away as Norway.
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1923: Kanto, Japan
Shortly before noon on September
1, 1923, an earthquake measuring
7.9 on the Richter scale sent
shockwaves through the Tokyo-
Yokohama metropolitan area.
The violent tremors left few
buildings habitable and prompted a
tsunami that surged up to 40 ft. (12
m.) high. But the damage continued
for days: by the time the fires
stemming from the quake were
contained, 90% of Yokohama's
buildings were reportedly damaged
or in ruins, and some two-fifths of
Tokyo's had been destroyed —
leaving half its population
homeless. Nearly 143,000 people
died.
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1948: Turkmenistan
In a matter of minutes, an October
earthquake measuring 7.3 turned
the city of Ashgabat into a pile of
rubble. A thousand Soviet doctors,
nurses and other medical
personnel flooded in from Moscow
and other cities to aid sufferers in
what is now Turkmenistan. Despite
their efforts, 110,000 people
perished.
The Dec. 16, 1920 Haiyuan
earthquake — which registered a
7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale
— caused rivers to change course
and sent landslides pouring down
mountains.
Destruction stretched across seven
Chinese provinces. Sujiahe, a town
in in Xiji County, was completely
buried under a landslide. An
estimated 200,000 people died in
the disaster, which was felt as far
away as Norway.
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1923: Kanto, Japan
Shortly before noon on September
1, 1923, an earthquake measuring
7.9 on the Richter scale sent
shockwaves through the Tokyo-
Yokohama metropolitan area.
The violent tremors left few
buildings habitable and prompted a
tsunami that surged up to 40 ft. (12
m.) high. But the damage continued
for days: by the time the fires
stemming from the quake were
contained, 90% of Yokohama's
buildings were reportedly damaged
or in ruins, and some two-fifths of
Tokyo's had been destroyed —
leaving half its population
homeless. Nearly 143,000 people
died.
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1948: Turkmenistan
In a matter of minutes, an October
earthquake measuring 7.3 turned
the city of Ashgabat into a pile of
rubble. A thousand Soviet doctors,
nurses and other medical
personnel flooded in from Moscow
and other cities to aid sufferers in
what is now Turkmenistan. Despite
their efforts, 110,000 people
perished.
2004: Indian Ocean Tsunami--
On Dec. 26, 2004 a 9.2 magnitude
earthquake rocked the bottom of the
Indian Ocean, releasing energy
equivalent to that of 23,000 atomic
bombs.
The largest earthquake in 40 years,
the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
(so named because the epicenter
was near the west coast of the
Indonesian island of Sumatra)
launched a tsunami across the
Indian Ocean, sending a series of
waves as high as 50 feet crashing
onto the shores of 11 countries.
Some people were swept out to sea
while others drowned in their homes,
unable to escape. According to the
U.S. Geological survey, the official
death toll was 227,898.
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2005: Kashmir, Pakistan
Kashmir, the site of a prolonged and
violent border dispute between India
and Pakistan, is beleaguered
enough; a massive earthquake on
Oct. 8, 2005 only added to the
province's woes. Measuring 7.6 on
the Richter scale, the quake killed
79,000 and left millions more
homeless. The remote, mountainous
terrain compounded problems for
rescue and recovery efforts, as crews
struggled to reach the injured.
On Dec. 26, 2004 a 9.2 magnitude
earthquake rocked the bottom of the
Indian Ocean, releasing energy
equivalent to that of 23,000 atomic
bombs.
The largest earthquake in 40 years,
the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
(so named because the epicenter
was near the west coast of the
Indonesian island of Sumatra)
launched a tsunami across the
Indian Ocean, sending a series of
waves as high as 50 feet crashing
onto the shores of 11 countries.
Some people were swept out to sea
while others drowned in their homes,
unable to escape. According to the
U.S. Geological survey, the official
death toll was 227,898.
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2005: Kashmir, Pakistan
Kashmir, the site of a prolonged and
violent border dispute between India
and Pakistan, is beleaguered
enough; a massive earthquake on
Oct. 8, 2005 only added to the
province's woes. Measuring 7.6 on
the Richter scale, the quake killed
79,000 and left millions more
homeless. The remote, mountainous
terrain compounded problems for
rescue and recovery efforts, as crews
struggled to reach the injured.
2008: Sichuan Province, China
Over 87,00 people died in China's
deadly 2008 earthquake, and an
estimated 10 million were left
homeless.
The 7.9-magnitude disaster struck
the mountainous Sichuan Province
in western China, destroying
millions of buildings and causing an
estimated $86 billion worth of
damage.
Nearly 10,000 children died in
schools — trapped under rubble
when the buildings collapsed —
leading to public outcry and a
government investigation that found
that as many as 20 percent of
primary schools may have been
shoddily constructed and unsafe.
Grieving parents' initial calls for
justice, however, have been
silenced to a large extent by
intimidation and alleged payoffs.
Over 87,00 people died in China's
deadly 2008 earthquake, and an
estimated 10 million were left
homeless.
The 7.9-magnitude disaster struck
the mountainous Sichuan Province
in western China, destroying
millions of buildings and causing an
estimated $86 billion worth of
damage.
Nearly 10,000 children died in
schools — trapped under rubble
when the buildings collapsed —
leading to public outcry and a
government investigation that found
that as many as 20 percent of
primary schools may have been
shoddily constructed and unsafe.
Grieving parents' initial calls for
justice, however, have been
silenced to a large extent by
intimidation and alleged payoffs.
1908: Messina, Italy
By today's standards, the
earthquake that struck beneath the
Messina Strait — which separates
the regions of Sicily and Calabria
— on December 28, 1908, was a
magnitude 7.5.
A subsequent tsunami sent waves
as much as 40 feet high crashing
into the Italian coast. More than
80,000 people were killed and
dozens of towns destroyed.
Refugees from Messina were
relocated to cities throughout Italy.
Many were eventually transported
to North America, aboard ships like
the Florida — which, before
reaching New York City, collided
with another vessel, killing three
already traumatized Italian
passengers.
By today's standards, the
earthquake that struck beneath the
Messina Strait — which separates
the regions of Sicily and Calabria
— on December 28, 1908, was a
magnitude 7.5.
A subsequent tsunami sent waves
as much as 40 feet high crashing
into the Italian coast. More than
80,000 people were killed and
dozens of towns destroyed.
Refugees from Messina were
relocated to cities throughout Italy.
Many were eventually transported
to North America, aboard ships like
the Florida — which, before
reaching New York City, collided
with another vessel, killing three
already traumatized Italian
passengers.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –
Haitians piled bodies along
the devastated streets of their
capital Wednesday after a
powerful earthquake crushed
thousands of structures, from
schools and shacks to the
National Palace and the U.N.
peacekeeping headquarters.
Untold numbers were still
trapped.
Tens of thousands of people lost their
homes as buildings that were flimsy and
dangerous even under normal conditions
collapsed. Nobody offered an estimate of
the dead, but the numbers were clearly
enormous.
"The hospitals cannot handle all these
victims," said Dr. Louis-Gerard Gilles.
"Haiti needs to pray. We all need to pray
together."
The U.N.'s 9,000 peacekeepers in Haiti,
many of whom are from Brazil, were
distracted from aid efforts by their own
tragedy: Many spent the night hunting for
survivors in the ruins of their
headquarters.
The quake struck at 4:53 p.m., centered
10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-
Prince at a depth of only it is the
strongest earthquake since 1770 in what
is now Haiti.
Most Haitians are desperately poor, and
after years of political instability the
country has no real construction
standards. In November 2008, following
the collapse of a school in Petionville, the
mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about
60 percent of buildings were shoddily
built and unsafe normally. ." MORE NEWS
ABOUT HAITI..
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Haiti: After the
Devastation, the
Emotional Wreckage.
The scale of the earthquake devastation
in Haiti is all but impossible to measure
accurately now. Eventually, it will be
reduced to hard numbers: so many
people killed, so many buildings
destroyed, so much wealth and
infrastructure lost. There will, however,
be invisible injuries too - to the psyches
of the survivors. Emotional wounds may
be the slowest to develop, but they can
also be among the toughest to heal.
It may seem premature to think about
now, but Haitians who survive the horrific
earthquake will be at risk of developing
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
''HAITI PICTURES OF THE DEVASTATION.
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Indeed, most people function remarkably
well in the midst of a crisis. It's only when
the shaking or the shooting or the
flooding stops that PTSD begins to
appear. "The psychological impact
doesn't occur until several months later,"
said Nicolas. "When things get quiet...you
start to feel the impact and the sadness
of the images you witnessed."
That post part of the post-traumatic
reaction is what so often takes people by
surprise. The brain, however, processes
fear in a particularly lasting way and
once lessons about danger are learned
they're very hard to unlearn.
''Watch, hear and see (a TIME video with
former President Bill Clinton speaking on
Haiti.)
'' Exclusive Photographs: Haiti's
Earthquake Destruction;; ''HAITI
PICTURES OF THE DEVASTATION.
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,,Videos crisis and chaos in HAITI,,
Haitians piled bodies along
the devastated streets of their
capital Wednesday after a
powerful earthquake crushed
thousands of structures, from
schools and shacks to the
National Palace and the U.N.
peacekeeping headquarters.
Untold numbers were still
trapped.
Tens of thousands of people lost their
homes as buildings that were flimsy and
dangerous even under normal conditions
collapsed. Nobody offered an estimate of
the dead, but the numbers were clearly
enormous.
"The hospitals cannot handle all these
victims," said Dr. Louis-Gerard Gilles.
"Haiti needs to pray. We all need to pray
together."
The U.N.'s 9,000 peacekeepers in Haiti,
many of whom are from Brazil, were
distracted from aid efforts by their own
tragedy: Many spent the night hunting for
survivors in the ruins of their
headquarters.
The quake struck at 4:53 p.m., centered
10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-
Prince at a depth of only it is the
strongest earthquake since 1770 in what
is now Haiti.
Most Haitians are desperately poor, and
after years of political instability the
country has no real construction
standards. In November 2008, following
the collapse of a school in Petionville, the
mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about
60 percent of buildings were shoddily
built and unsafe normally. ." MORE NEWS
ABOUT HAITI..
-----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
Haiti: After the
Devastation, the
Emotional Wreckage.
The scale of the earthquake devastation
in Haiti is all but impossible to measure
accurately now. Eventually, it will be
reduced to hard numbers: so many
people killed, so many buildings
destroyed, so much wealth and
infrastructure lost. There will, however,
be invisible injuries too - to the psyches
of the survivors. Emotional wounds may
be the slowest to develop, but they can
also be among the toughest to heal.
It may seem premature to think about
now, but Haitians who survive the horrific
earthquake will be at risk of developing
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
''HAITI PICTURES OF THE DEVASTATION.
WATCH MORE PHOTOS, FROM TIME
PHOTOGRAPHER. WARNING, SOME OF
THE PICTURES ARE HORRIBLE, GRAPHIC,
HEART-BREAKING NOT GOOD FOR
CHILDREN TO SEE!...
KNOWLEDGEFINANCIAL.COM-- MORE
PHOTOS;;
Indeed, most people function remarkably
well in the midst of a crisis. It's only when
the shaking or the shooting or the
flooding stops that PTSD begins to
appear. "The psychological impact
doesn't occur until several months later,"
said Nicolas. "When things get quiet...you
start to feel the impact and the sadness
of the images you witnessed."
That post part of the post-traumatic
reaction is what so often takes people by
surprise. The brain, however, processes
fear in a particularly lasting way and
once lessons about danger are learned
they're very hard to unlearn.
''Watch, hear and see (a TIME video with
former President Bill Clinton speaking on
Haiti.)
'' Exclusive Photographs: Haiti's
Earthquake Destruction;; ''HAITI
PICTURES OF THE DEVASTATION.
WATCH MORE PHOTOS, FROM TIME
PHOTOGRAPHER. WARNING, SOME OF
THE PICTURES ARE HORRIBLE, GRAPHIC,
HEART-BREAKING NOT GOOD FOR
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Palatial Ruins
The Haitian National Palace suffered heavy
damage from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that
hit near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Jan.
12, 2010. The earthquake has left much of the
impoverished country in ruins.
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8:31 a.m. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the next 24 hours
"critical to save those lives that can be saved" and said the United States was
"moving as quickly as possible." She said the United States is providing a
communications network to shore up the battered Haitian government
infrastructure. "Once we can get communications up so we can tell people
where to go, what kind of help they can expect, we'll be able to better
manage the crisis," Clinton said on CNN's "American Morning."
8:26 a.m. -- Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, are to begin leaving for Haiti Thursday, a spokesman for the
division told CNN. The first of about 3,500 paratroopers will board C-17
aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, and are expected to
arrive in Haiti before nightfall.
8:17 a.m. -- By the end of Thursday, a total of five Spanish aid planes are due
to land at the Haitian capital, carrying humanitarian aid and rescue and
medical personnel. Spain has a logistical base stocked with disaster relief
supplies at a hangar near the airport in Panama City, Panama. Spain has
offered use of the base to the other 26 European Union member nations for
the relief effort in Haiti.
8:02 a.m. -- Spanish agencies are preparing to help the large numbers of
Haitians who are fleeing the earthquake devastation by heading to the border
with the Dominican Republic, said Soraya Rodriguez, Spain's secretary of
state for international cooperation. "We are going to have to take care of
them with medical help and food," she said.
6:50 a.m. -- Haitian airspace was opened Thursday to charitable
organizations, a Red Cross official said. The airspace had been closed to
charitable organizations Wednesday, said Franklin Graham, president of
Samaritan's Purse, an organization that is planning to send charter planes
loaded with supplies to Haiti Thursday morning.
6:45 a.m. -- A four-member rescue team from Israel was scheduled to arrive
Thursday morning, followed by two more jets carrying a field hospital and 220
rescue and hospital workers.
6:42 a.m. -- A 60-member rescue team with three sniffer dogs arrived from
China on Thursday, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Taiwan also
sent a team of 23 rescuers and two dogs late Wednesday, according to its
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
6:30 a.m. -- Chile was sending 20 doctors, a rescue team, 12 tons of medical
supplies, food and 3 tons of medicine to Haiti on Thursday morning,
President Michelle Bachelet said.
4:09 a.m. -- Doctors, medicine and more rescuers were scheduled to land in
Haiti on Thursday as nation after nation pledged to help the
earthquake-battered country.
10:49 p.m. -- The Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the
Argentine Mobile Military Hospital -- which they say is the only hospital
functioning in Port-au-Prince -- has treated more than 800 people. Argentine
Armed Forces helicopters are helping evacuate the "gravely injured" people
to Santo Domingo, in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Argentina also
plans to send an airplane with aid to the area, the statement said.
10:42 p.m. -- CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, who is
reporting from Haiti, wrote on his Twitter feed: "what i have seen here in
#haiti, i have never seen before. while i hate to say this, it seems somewhat
hopeless. bodies still in the streets" Follow Sanjay Gupta's reporting from Haiti
through his Twitter feed.
9:54 p.m. -- The people of Jacmel, Haiti, are lining the streets, setting tires on
fire to light up a town that has been reduced to rubble in many parts and is
without power. The flames are all that illuminate what remains of this town on
the southern coast of Haiti, about 25 miles from the capital Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
9:47 p.m. -- At least 16 peacekeepers -- 11 Brazilians, three Jordanians, one
Argentine and one Chadian -- working with the U.N. mission in Haiti were
reported dead Wednesday afternoon, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said.
9:45 p.m. -- The New York Yankees announced a donation of $500,000 in
support of rescue and relief efforts.
9:38 p.m. -- Video images captured just moments after the earthquake in Haiti
show dust-covered survivors rushing through the streets, yelling in terror. Other
trapped in buildings are seen punching out debris and bricks, and shouting for
help and trying to squeeze themselves out through cracks in the structures.
9:00 p.m. -- The Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti
in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
8:57 p.m. -- "The hospitals themselves, the destination of those patients who
might survive, they're nonexistent or have a terrible infrastructure," Gupta said.
8:54 p.m. -- "Simply getting through the streets to collect the dead bodies is
seemingly an impossible task," Gupta reports from the capital, where shooting
could be heard in the background. "There's hardly any heavy machinery to try
and dig through the rubble -- people are doing it by hand."
8:53 p.m. -- CNN's Sanjay Gupta reports hearing gunfire in the streets of
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as people stay on the streets, fearing aftershocks.
8:40 p.m. -- Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, said he is organizing a
congressional delegation visit to Haiti. Members will be leaving "as soon as
we can," he said, adding that he expects "a large cross-section of members,
even Republicans."
8:37 p.m. -- Air space is not open to charitable organizations.
8:36 p.m. -- A unit of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces left Hurlburt
Field in Florida, with the unit including airmen, search-and-rescue experts
and equipment to set up temporary air traffic control systems.
8:32 p.m -- 16 members of the Brazilian-led peacekeeping force deployed in
Haiti are confirmed dead, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
8:31 p.m. -- As many as 150 members of the U.N. mission in Haiti remained
unaccounted for, U.N. officials say.
8:29 p.m. -- One of two U.S. miltary planes carrying a 30-man assessment
team arrived at Port-au-Prince airport about 5:30 pm ET. The team will assess
what Haiti needs to cope with the immediate aftermath of this disaster.
8:03 p.m. -- "I've seen people walking with coffins over their heads," Cooper
reports.
8:02 p.m. -- Anderson Cooper reports that there are people digging with their
hands on every street corner. One woman just found alive.
7:50 p.m. -- The Jolie-Pitt Foundation announced it would contribute $1
million to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF)
emergency medical operations responding to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake
that struck Haiti on January 12. "It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe
of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty,
violence and unrest for so many decades," said Angelina Jolie.
7:39 p.m. -- The coordinator for U.S. assistance to Haiti in the aftermath of
Tuesday's earthquake says the entire government is marshaling a massive
response, with the immediate goal of saving as many lives as possible within
the next 72 hours. "We are working aggressively and in a highly coordinated
way, across the federal government, to bring all of the assets and capacities
we have to bear to quickly and effectively provide as much assistance as
possible," said Rajiv Shah, administrator for the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
7:31 p.m. -- "We need medicine. We need medical help in general," Haitian
President Rene Preval told CNN. "Some of the hospitals, they collapsed. The
hospitals, they are full and they put people in the outside the hospital. So we
need some hospitals, some medicine and some doctors."
7:15 p.m. -- Former U.S. President and U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti Bill
Clinton, who in 1975 honeymooned in Haiti with the current secretary of
state, Hillary Clinton, urged people to donate to
www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake
7:11 p.m. -- Under a U.S. State Department program, individuals with U.S.
cell phones can donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting "Haiti" to 90999. The
State Department said Wednesday afternoon that the campaign had received
nearly 83,000 hits.
6:43 p.m. -- Iceland is sending a 37-man search-and-rescue team and offered
to help evacuate foreign nationals, its foreign ministry said. Authorities in the
United States, Sweden and Denmark have already accepted the offer.
6:41 p.m. -- Americans trying to locate family members in Haiti should
contact the State Department at 888-407-4747 .
6:39 p.m. -- "The major need is for search and rescue. We have enormous
numbers of people trapped under the rubble," United Nations' Undersecretary
for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. He
added, "There's a big need for medical teams, medical facilities... "We need
to get that on the ground very quickly."
6:36 p.m. -- Airlines are uncertain about when commercial service to
disaster-ravaged Haiti will resume.
6:31 p.m. -- Pat Robertson, the evangelical Christian who once suggested
God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina, says a "pact to the
devil" brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
6:29 p.m. -- Washington Post: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has
decided to cancel the remainder of her trip to Asia and will return to
Washington, the State Department says. She had been scheduled to visit
Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.
5:59 p.m. -- U.S. State Department clarifies: Americans do not go to airport
now. Seek safe shelter.
5:45 p.m. -- U.S. State Department: About 160 American citizens are at
airport waiting for evacuation to Guantanamo. U.S. has heard from less than
100 other Americans. Two C-130s at airport, prepared to evacuate American
citizens.
5:36 p.m. -- U.S. State Department asks journalists to get out the word: U.S.
citizens in Haiti who want to be evacuated -- go to airport.
5:31 p.m. -- Search-and-rescue teams from the U.S. prepared to head to Haiti,
among them the 72-person Los Angeles County, California, Fire Urban
Search and Rescue team and the 80-member Miami-Dade, Florida, Urban
Search and Rescue Team. The teams include paramedics, search dogs,
communication specialists and rescuers trained in combing through
collapsed structures looking for victims.Read
5:29 p.m. -- The quake affected roughly one in three Haitians -- about 3
million people, the Red Cross estimated.
4:58 p.m. -- 'Heroes' actor Jimmy Jean-Louis searching for parents in Haiti
Read
4:48 p.m -- Question and answer with Edwidge Danticat, acclaimed
Haitian-American writer, who says quake is a "catastrophe beyond measure"
but that Haitians have incredible resilience and will rebuild. Read
4:47 p.m. -- The World Bank promised $100 million in emergency funding for
recovery and reconstruction, subject to approval by the World Bank's board of
directors.
4:44 p.m -- The main airport in Haiti appears to be operable, which should
enable foreign aid to start flowing into the country in the wake of the powerful
earthquake that slammed the impoverished nation late Tuesday afternoon.
4:37 p.m -- Former President Bill Clinton, U.N. special envoy to Haiti, speaks
to United Nations on the devastation.
4:28 p.m. -- Another aftershock rattles Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
4:25 p.m. -- Miami Herald: The Obama administration is temporarily
suspending deportations of undocumented Haitian nationals who are in the
United States, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday at a news
conference in Miami.
4:23 p.m. -- Estimated 40,000-45,000 Americans live in Haiti. Conditions of
many unknown.
4:19 p.m. -- France, Haiti's former colonial ruler, dispatched two planeloads
of rescue personnel, one from Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and one from
Marseilles, France. Alain Joyandet, the French minister of cooperation, said
there was particular concern about approximately 200 French tourists who
were staying at the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince. Reports said the hotel
had collapsed.
4:18 p.m. -- Cuba sent an additional 30 doctors, plus medical supplies, to join
the 344 doctors and paramedics it already had working throughout Haiti on
humanitarian missions, said Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
4:10 p.m. -- U.S House of Representatives holds a moment of silence for
earthquake victims in Haiti.
4:09 p.m. -- "I cannot live in the palace; I cannot live in my own house," said
President Preval. "The two collapsed."
4:08 p.m -- Haitian President Preval: "You have to see it to believe it. Lots of
houses destroyed, hospitals, schools, personal homes -- a lot of people in the
street, dead."
4:07 p.m. -- Spain is sending three planeloads of aid -- two from Panama in
Central America and one from Madrid, the Spanish capital, CNN affiliate
CNN+ reported. Spain is also making 3 million euros ($4.35 million) available
for aid and will coordinate the European Union response
4:06 p.m. -- Canada already had a five-man team in Haiti as part of U.N.
activity there. All five are uninjured and are helping with the relief effort,
Capt. Elizabeth Tremblay told CNN.
4:04 p.m. -- Brazil's Ministry of Defense ordered its troops in the country to
offer whatever assistance they can, Brazil's official news agency reported.
The South American nation has 1,266 troops -- including 250 in an
engineering unit -- in Haiti as part of a United Nations stabilization force.
4:02 p.m. -- Habitat for Humanity is sending an assessment team to Haiti and
putting together resources "to address shelter solutions for low-income
families affected" by the quake, said Torre Nelson, area vice president in
Habitat for Humanity International's Latin America and Caribbean office.
4:02 p.m. -- AmeriCares is sending $3 million worth of medical aid to Haiti,
including antibiotics, bandages and other medical supplies, and is sending
relief workers to help distribute the supplies. It will also send another 10,000
pounds of emergency relief supplies in the coming days from its warehouse in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, it said.
4:01 p.m. -- The World Health Organization is sending a 12-person team to
Haiti to help with the medical response
4:00 p.m. -- The World Food Programme is immediately airlifting an
additional 86 metric tons of food from its emergency hub in El Salvador,
which will provide more than half a million emergency meals, the agency
said. The aid includes ready-to-eat food and high-energy biscuits.
3:57 p.m -- The Haitian consul general to the United Nations, Felix Augustin,
told reporters Port-au-Prince is "flattened."
3:55 p.m -- Haitian President Rene Preval told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in
Port-au-Prince that he had heard that 30,000 or 100,000 people had been
killed in the earthquake, but added "it's too early to give a number."
3:53 p.m. -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released the following
statement regarding the earthquake in Haiti: "Like all Rhode Islanders, my
heart goes out to the people of Haiti and Haitian-Americans who are
struggling with the devastation and loss of life following yesterday's
earthquake. "President Obama has mobilized U.S. Coast Guard ships and
aircraft and is sending additional resources to help with the relief effort. "I
have been contacted by several families who have relatives in Haiti, some of
whom were expected to return to Rhode Island within the week. My office
continues to coordinate efforts with the State Department, the American
Citizen Service Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian
Consulate in New York, and the Haitian Embassy in Washington, DC. "I have
also received many calls from Rhode Islanders wanting to help. Those
wishing to help should contact the Red Cross, which is only taking cash
donations at this time. Additionally, a volunteer list is being formed and there
are efforts underway to help volunteers who have been trained in disaster
relief to travel to Haiti, if needed. "I encourage Rhode Islanders who need
assistance contacting family members and loved ones in Haiti to contact my
office."
3:50 p.m. -- Rainn Wilson of "The Office" statement on Haiti: With a heavy
and anxious heart, my prayers go out to the noble, beautiful, broken country
of Haiti. My wife and I had the great good fortune to spend a week there this
last October on behalf of some charities we were working with,
plantingpeace.org and the Mona Foundation. We met beautiful, vital
students in many schools, street-children trying to educate themselves and
many selfless Haitian teachers and doctors working to be of service to their
country. I don't know if they are all alive or dead right now and it's breaking
my heart. The hotel we stayed at and most of the places we visited now lie in
rubble. I believe in the power of prayer and I believe in the power of service.
Even if you can only give 20 bucks, that will go a long, long way In a country
as devastatingly poor as Haiti. Please also send prayers and hope that the
world takes drastic action to remedy this horrific disaster. Rainn Wilson
3:47 p.m. -- Lumiere Medical Ministries e-mail to CNN: All 25 employees are
fine. The ministry has been in Haiti for 25 years. They have a 30 bed hospital
and an orphanage. Hank was able to get in touch with the Head Dr. by
telephone and he says there is devastation everywhere and many injured.
The ministry was scheduled to do the official ribbon cutting for the brand new
hospital in February. They are able to treat out patient and some procedure.
A container with supplies was sent last night.
3:45 p.m. -- "I'm still looking to understand the magnitude of the event,"
Preval says. "There are risks that the houses will continue to collapse."
3:43 p.m -- Haitian President Rene Preval to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "We
don't have the capacity" to bring all the injured to hospitals.
3:05 p.m. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has mobilized ships and aircraft to
positions where they can be quickly sent to Haiti if needed, the service says
on its Web site. Standing by are: A C-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard
Air Station Clearwater, Florida; the cutter Valiant, homeported in Miami; The
cutter Forward, homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia; the cutter Tahoma,
homeported in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the cutter Mohawk, homeported
in Key West, Florida.
2:11 p.m. -- "Port-au-Prince is flattened ... more than 100,000 are dead,"
Felix Augustin, the Haitian consul general to U.N., tells reporters in New York.
The hospitals are gone and medical supplies and heavy equipment are
desperately needed, he says.
2:09 p.m. -- Doctors Without Borders has about 800 staff in Haiti, many of
whom have not been accounted for.
2:04 p.m. -- Want to more about Haiti? Check out this interactive snapshot.
1:21 p.m. -- With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in
U.S. are "sick with worry." State Department line for those seeking information
about loved ones: 1-888-407-4747 . Full story
1:15 p.m. -- From Anderson Cooper in Port-au-Prince: "The only thing to
compare it to is Hurricane Katrina. But in the last 30 minutes -- or the last
hour that I've been driving, I've seen probably 20 to 25 bodies on the streets.
And that's just on the main avenues in downtown Port-au-Prince."
1 p.m. -- 40,000-45,000 Americans in Haiti, the U.S. State Department says.
The Embassy has been in touch with about 40. No confirmed deaths. About a
dozen injured. "Clearly that will go up," says Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley.
12:41 p.m. -- Photo gallery shows the destruction.
12:30 p.m. -- At least 15 U.N. peacekeepers reported dead.
12:27 p.m. -- Joseph Serge Miot, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, died in
the quake, according to the official Vatican newspaper.
12:18 p.m. -- Haiti prime minister tells CNN he believes well over 100,000
have died in earthquake.
12:12 p.m. -- Anderson Cooper says situation at airport "pretty quiet." He says
small military presence from Dominican Republic is at the airport.
11:45 a.m. -- National Penitentiary collapsed and inmates escaped,
prompting worries about looting by escapees.
11:35 a.m. -- Want to help? Check out Impact Your World
11:13 a.m. -- Fabiola Surena shared photos of her parents' home and her aunt
and uncle's property in Debussy, Haiti -- both areas are severely damaged.
Aunt and uncle's property; Parents' home
11:07 a.m. -- Catholic Relief Services staff member Karel Zelenka provided
this account via e-mail. "Damage incredible all around ... Some major
buildings are gone -- the hotel Montana, the National Palace etc... People
have been screaming and chanting all over the place ... It is a disaster of the
century, we should be prepared for thousands and thousands of dead and
injured."
11:03 a.m. -- 50-member Chinese rescue team ready to depart for Haiti,
China's Xinhua news agency reports.
11:01 a.m. -- More than 100 employees of U.N. mission unaccounted for.
10:45 a.m. -- Read an easy-to-read guide on Haiti and its history.
10:39 a.m. -- A Haitian-American tells CNN her parents died in the quake,
days after visiting her in South Florida. Full story
10:35 a.m. -- Twitter is playing a critical role in collecting donations to help
disaster victims, CNNMoney.com reports.
10:26 a.m. -- The people of Haiti have a friend and partner in the United
States, President Obama says in concluding news conference. Watch news
conference
10:24 a.m. -- USAID Administrator Raj Shah will coordinate American relief
efforts, Obama says.
10:23 a.m. -- President Obama extends "deep condolences" to people of
Haiti. Says he has ordered a "swift" and "coordinated" response .
10:21 a.m. -- None of three aid centers run by Doctors without Borders in Haiti
is operable, the group says.
10:20 a.m. -- People of Haiti will have full support of the United States,
President Obama says.
10:16 a.m. -- The main airport in Haiti appears to be operable, U.S. State
Department spokesman says.
10:15 a.m. -- The U.N. Haitian mission chief and the agency's deputy special
representative are unaccounted for, says U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon.
10:11 a.m. -- Air traffic control "is very dicey," says CNN's Anderson Cooper.
While flying over Haiti, his helicopter had to make last-minute maneuver to
avoid hitting another aircraft. Watch Anderson Cooper video
10:10 a.m. -- People are standing around wondering where to go, says
Anderson Cooper, who flew over Haiti in a helicopter. Major buildings have
collapsed -- pancaked together.
10:07 a.m. -- "It's incredibly shocking," says Anderson Cooper.
10:04 a.m. -- President of Lumiere Medical Ministries, which has been in
Haiti for 25 years, tells CNN all 25 employees are fine.
9:57 a.m. -- Follow Tweets from CNN's Anderson Cooper.
9:39 a.m. -- "I heard a lot of people praying, saying that Jesus is coming,
saying that we need to pray, we need to save our lives by believing in God,"
witness Carel Pedre tells CNN.
8:53: a.m. -- President Obama to make statement on Haiti at 10 a.m. ET.
8:41 a.m. -- The U.N. Haitian mission chief and the agency's deputy special
representative are unaccounted for, says U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon said.
8:41 a.m. -- U.S. was the first to offer help, says Haitian ambassador to the U.S.
8: 32 a.m. -- Quake "destroyed" much of Port-au-Prince, the country's first lady
reported. Full story
7: 30 a.m. -- Reconnaissance flights to go over Haiti soon, says U.S. State
Department spokesman P.J. Crowley.
7:07 a.m. --The quake affected roughly one in three Haitians -- about 3
million people, the Red Cross estimated. Full story
4:30 a.m. -- A "large number" of people with the U.N. peacekeeping mission
in Haiti were unaccounted for. Three Jordanian peacekeepers killed.
3:40 a.m. on January 13, 2009 -- Residents hunkered down for the night,
awaiting daylight to ascertain full scope of devastation.
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11:45 p.m. -- "Can hear people gathered in the distance singing prayers,"
wrote Richard Morse, hotel manager at the Oloffson Hotel, wrote on Twitter.
10:32 p.m. -- Haiti's infrastructure world's worst even in the best of times, says
country's ambassador to the U.S.
9:13 p.m. -- U.N. headquarters in Haiti collapsed, U.N. officials say.
8:45 p.m. -- Eyewitnesses report heavy damage and bodies in the streets of
the capital.
7: 56 p.m. -- U.S. State Department told to expect "serious loss of life" in Haiti.
6:50 p.m. -- Tsunami watch cancelled.
5:23 p.m. -- A tsunami watch is in effect for Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas and the
Dominican Republic.
5:14 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2009 -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern
Haiti, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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that struck Haiti.
8:31 a.m. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the next 24 hours
"critical to save those lives that can be saved" and said the United States was
"moving as quickly as possible." She said the United States is providing a
communications network to shore up the battered Haitian government
infrastructure. "Once we can get communications up so we can tell people
where to go, what kind of help they can expect, we'll be able to better
manage the crisis," Clinton said on CNN's "American Morning."
8:26 a.m. -- Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, are to begin leaving for Haiti Thursday, a spokesman for the
division told CNN. The first of about 3,500 paratroopers will board C-17
aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, and are expected to
arrive in Haiti before nightfall.
8:17 a.m. -- By the end of Thursday, a total of five Spanish aid planes are due
to land at the Haitian capital, carrying humanitarian aid and rescue and
medical personnel. Spain has a logistical base stocked with disaster relief
supplies at a hangar near the airport in Panama City, Panama. Spain has
offered use of the base to the other 26 European Union member nations for
the relief effort in Haiti.
8:02 a.m. -- Spanish agencies are preparing to help the large numbers of
Haitians who are fleeing the earthquake devastation by heading to the border
with the Dominican Republic, said Soraya Rodriguez, Spain's secretary of
state for international cooperation. "We are going to have to take care of
them with medical help and food," she said.
6:50 a.m. -- Haitian airspace was opened Thursday to charitable
organizations, a Red Cross official said. The airspace had been closed to
charitable organizations Wednesday, said Franklin Graham, president of
Samaritan's Purse, an organization that is planning to send charter planes
loaded with supplies to Haiti Thursday morning.
6:45 a.m. -- A four-member rescue team from Israel was scheduled to arrive
Thursday morning, followed by two more jets carrying a field hospital and 220
rescue and hospital workers.
6:42 a.m. -- A 60-member rescue team with three sniffer dogs arrived from
China on Thursday, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Taiwan also
sent a team of 23 rescuers and two dogs late Wednesday, according to its
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
6:30 a.m. -- Chile was sending 20 doctors, a rescue team, 12 tons of medical
supplies, food and 3 tons of medicine to Haiti on Thursday morning,
President Michelle Bachelet said.
4:09 a.m. -- Doctors, medicine and more rescuers were scheduled to land in
Haiti on Thursday as nation after nation pledged to help the
earthquake-battered country.
10:49 p.m. -- The Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the
Argentine Mobile Military Hospital -- which they say is the only hospital
functioning in Port-au-Prince -- has treated more than 800 people. Argentine
Armed Forces helicopters are helping evacuate the "gravely injured" people
to Santo Domingo, in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Argentina also
plans to send an airplane with aid to the area, the statement said.
10:42 p.m. -- CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, who is
reporting from Haiti, wrote on his Twitter feed: "what i have seen here in
#haiti, i have never seen before. while i hate to say this, it seems somewhat
hopeless. bodies still in the streets" Follow Sanjay Gupta's reporting from Haiti
through his Twitter feed.
9:54 p.m. -- The people of Jacmel, Haiti, are lining the streets, setting tires on
fire to light up a town that has been reduced to rubble in many parts and is
without power. The flames are all that illuminate what remains of this town on
the southern coast of Haiti, about 25 miles from the capital Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
9:47 p.m. -- At least 16 peacekeepers -- 11 Brazilians, three Jordanians, one
Argentine and one Chadian -- working with the U.N. mission in Haiti were
reported dead Wednesday afternoon, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said.
9:45 p.m. -- The New York Yankees announced a donation of $500,000 in
support of rescue and relief efforts.
9:38 p.m. -- Video images captured just moments after the earthquake in Haiti
show dust-covered survivors rushing through the streets, yelling in terror. Other
trapped in buildings are seen punching out debris and bricks, and shouting for
help and trying to squeeze themselves out through cracks in the structures.
9:00 p.m. -- The Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti
in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
8:57 p.m. -- "The hospitals themselves, the destination of those patients who
might survive, they're nonexistent or have a terrible infrastructure," Gupta said.
8:54 p.m. -- "Simply getting through the streets to collect the dead bodies is
seemingly an impossible task," Gupta reports from the capital, where shooting
could be heard in the background. "There's hardly any heavy machinery to try
and dig through the rubble -- people are doing it by hand."
8:53 p.m. -- CNN's Sanjay Gupta reports hearing gunfire in the streets of
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as people stay on the streets, fearing aftershocks.
8:40 p.m. -- Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, said he is organizing a
congressional delegation visit to Haiti. Members will be leaving "as soon as
we can," he said, adding that he expects "a large cross-section of members,
even Republicans."
8:37 p.m. -- Air space is not open to charitable organizations.
8:36 p.m. -- A unit of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces left Hurlburt
Field in Florida, with the unit including airmen, search-and-rescue experts
and equipment to set up temporary air traffic control systems.
8:32 p.m -- 16 members of the Brazilian-led peacekeeping force deployed in
Haiti are confirmed dead, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
8:31 p.m. -- As many as 150 members of the U.N. mission in Haiti remained
unaccounted for, U.N. officials say.
8:29 p.m. -- One of two U.S. miltary planes carrying a 30-man assessment
team arrived at Port-au-Prince airport about 5:30 pm ET. The team will assess
what Haiti needs to cope with the immediate aftermath of this disaster.
8:03 p.m. -- "I've seen people walking with coffins over their heads," Cooper
reports.
8:02 p.m. -- Anderson Cooper reports that there are people digging with their
hands on every street corner. One woman just found alive.
7:50 p.m. -- The Jolie-Pitt Foundation announced it would contribute $1
million to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF)
emergency medical operations responding to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake
that struck Haiti on January 12. "It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe
of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty,
violence and unrest for so many decades," said Angelina Jolie.
7:39 p.m. -- The coordinator for U.S. assistance to Haiti in the aftermath of
Tuesday's earthquake says the entire government is marshaling a massive
response, with the immediate goal of saving as many lives as possible within
the next 72 hours. "We are working aggressively and in a highly coordinated
way, across the federal government, to bring all of the assets and capacities
we have to bear to quickly and effectively provide as much assistance as
possible," said Rajiv Shah, administrator for the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
7:31 p.m. -- "We need medicine. We need medical help in general," Haitian
President Rene Preval told CNN. "Some of the hospitals, they collapsed. The
hospitals, they are full and they put people in the outside the hospital. So we
need some hospitals, some medicine and some doctors."
7:15 p.m. -- Former U.S. President and U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti Bill
Clinton, who in 1975 honeymooned in Haiti with the current secretary of
state, Hillary Clinton, urged people to donate to
www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake
7:11 p.m. -- Under a U.S. State Department program, individuals with U.S.
cell phones can donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting "Haiti" to 90999. The
State Department said Wednesday afternoon that the campaign had received
nearly 83,000 hits.
6:43 p.m. -- Iceland is sending a 37-man search-and-rescue team and offered
to help evacuate foreign nationals, its foreign ministry said. Authorities in the
United States, Sweden and Denmark have already accepted the offer.
6:41 p.m. -- Americans trying to locate family members in Haiti should
contact the State Department at 888-407-4747 .
6:39 p.m. -- "The major need is for search and rescue. We have enormous
numbers of people trapped under the rubble," United Nations' Undersecretary
for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. He
added, "There's a big need for medical teams, medical facilities... "We need
to get that on the ground very quickly."
6:36 p.m. -- Airlines are uncertain about when commercial service to
disaster-ravaged Haiti will resume.
6:31 p.m. -- Pat Robertson, the evangelical Christian who once suggested
God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina, says a "pact to the
devil" brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
6:29 p.m. -- Washington Post: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has
decided to cancel the remainder of her trip to Asia and will return to
Washington, the State Department says. She had been scheduled to visit
Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.
5:59 p.m. -- U.S. State Department clarifies: Americans do not go to airport
now. Seek safe shelter.
5:45 p.m. -- U.S. State Department: About 160 American citizens are at
airport waiting for evacuation to Guantanamo. U.S. has heard from less than
100 other Americans. Two C-130s at airport, prepared to evacuate American
citizens.
5:36 p.m. -- U.S. State Department asks journalists to get out the word: U.S.
citizens in Haiti who want to be evacuated -- go to airport.
5:31 p.m. -- Search-and-rescue teams from the U.S. prepared to head to Haiti,
among them the 72-person Los Angeles County, California, Fire Urban
Search and Rescue team and the 80-member Miami-Dade, Florida, Urban
Search and Rescue Team. The teams include paramedics, search dogs,
communication specialists and rescuers trained in combing through
collapsed structures looking for victims.Read
5:29 p.m. -- The quake affected roughly one in three Haitians -- about 3
million people, the Red Cross estimated.
4:58 p.m. -- 'Heroes' actor Jimmy Jean-Louis searching for parents in Haiti
Read
4:48 p.m -- Question and answer with Edwidge Danticat, acclaimed
Haitian-American writer, who says quake is a "catastrophe beyond measure"
but that Haitians have incredible resilience and will rebuild. Read
4:47 p.m. -- The World Bank promised $100 million in emergency funding for
recovery and reconstruction, subject to approval by the World Bank's board of
directors.
4:44 p.m -- The main airport in Haiti appears to be operable, which should
enable foreign aid to start flowing into the country in the wake of the powerful
earthquake that slammed the impoverished nation late Tuesday afternoon.
4:37 p.m -- Former President Bill Clinton, U.N. special envoy to Haiti, speaks
to United Nations on the devastation.
4:28 p.m. -- Another aftershock rattles Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
4:25 p.m. -- Miami Herald: The Obama administration is temporarily
suspending deportations of undocumented Haitian nationals who are in the
United States, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday at a news
conference in Miami.
4:23 p.m. -- Estimated 40,000-45,000 Americans live in Haiti. Conditions of
many unknown.
4:19 p.m. -- France, Haiti's former colonial ruler, dispatched two planeloads
of rescue personnel, one from Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and one from
Marseilles, France. Alain Joyandet, the French minister of cooperation, said
there was particular concern about approximately 200 French tourists who
were staying at the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince. Reports said the hotel
had collapsed.
4:18 p.m. -- Cuba sent an additional 30 doctors, plus medical supplies, to join
the 344 doctors and paramedics it already had working throughout Haiti on
humanitarian missions, said Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
4:10 p.m. -- U.S House of Representatives holds a moment of silence for
earthquake victims in Haiti.
4:09 p.m. -- "I cannot live in the palace; I cannot live in my own house," said
President Preval. "The two collapsed."
4:08 p.m -- Haitian President Preval: "You have to see it to believe it. Lots of
houses destroyed, hospitals, schools, personal homes -- a lot of people in the
street, dead."
4:07 p.m. -- Spain is sending three planeloads of aid -- two from Panama in
Central America and one from Madrid, the Spanish capital, CNN affiliate
CNN+ reported. Spain is also making 3 million euros ($4.35 million) available
for aid and will coordinate the European Union response
4:06 p.m. -- Canada already had a five-man team in Haiti as part of U.N.
activity there. All five are uninjured and are helping with the relief effort,
Capt. Elizabeth Tremblay told CNN.
4:04 p.m. -- Brazil's Ministry of Defense ordered its troops in the country to
offer whatever assistance they can, Brazil's official news agency reported.
The South American nation has 1,266 troops -- including 250 in an
engineering unit -- in Haiti as part of a United Nations stabilization force.
4:02 p.m. -- Habitat for Humanity is sending an assessment team to Haiti and
putting together resources "to address shelter solutions for low-income
families affected" by the quake, said Torre Nelson, area vice president in
Habitat for Humanity International's Latin America and Caribbean office.
4:02 p.m. -- AmeriCares is sending $3 million worth of medical aid to Haiti,
including antibiotics, bandages and other medical supplies, and is sending
relief workers to help distribute the supplies. It will also send another 10,000
pounds of emergency relief supplies in the coming days from its warehouse in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, it said.
4:01 p.m. -- The World Health Organization is sending a 12-person team to
Haiti to help with the medical response
4:00 p.m. -- The World Food Programme is immediately airlifting an
additional 86 metric tons of food from its emergency hub in El Salvador,
which will provide more than half a million emergency meals, the agency
said. The aid includes ready-to-eat food and high-energy biscuits.
3:57 p.m -- The Haitian consul general to the United Nations, Felix Augustin,
told reporters Port-au-Prince is "flattened."
3:55 p.m -- Haitian President Rene Preval told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in
Port-au-Prince that he had heard that 30,000 or 100,000 people had been
killed in the earthquake, but added "it's too early to give a number."
3:53 p.m. -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released the following
statement regarding the earthquake in Haiti: "Like all Rhode Islanders, my
heart goes out to the people of Haiti and Haitian-Americans who are
struggling with the devastation and loss of life following yesterday's
earthquake. "President Obama has mobilized U.S. Coast Guard ships and
aircraft and is sending additional resources to help with the relief effort. "I
have been contacted by several families who have relatives in Haiti, some of
whom were expected to return to Rhode Island within the week. My office
continues to coordinate efforts with the State Department, the American
Citizen Service Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian
Consulate in New York, and the Haitian Embassy in Washington, DC. "I have
also received many calls from Rhode Islanders wanting to help. Those
wishing to help should contact the Red Cross, which is only taking cash
donations at this time. Additionally, a volunteer list is being formed and there
are efforts underway to help volunteers who have been trained in disaster
relief to travel to Haiti, if needed. "I encourage Rhode Islanders who need
assistance contacting family members and loved ones in Haiti to contact my
office."
3:50 p.m. -- Rainn Wilson of "The Office" statement on Haiti: With a heavy
and anxious heart, my prayers go out to the noble, beautiful, broken country
of Haiti. My wife and I had the great good fortune to spend a week there this
last October on behalf of some charities we were working with,
plantingpeace.org and the Mona Foundation. We met beautiful, vital
students in many schools, street-children trying to educate themselves and
many selfless Haitian teachers and doctors working to be of service to their
country. I don't know if they are all alive or dead right now and it's breaking
my heart. The hotel we stayed at and most of the places we visited now lie in
rubble. I believe in the power of prayer and I believe in the power of service.
Even if you can only give 20 bucks, that will go a long, long way In a country
as devastatingly poor as Haiti. Please also send prayers and hope that the
world takes drastic action to remedy this horrific disaster. Rainn Wilson
3:47 p.m. -- Lumiere Medical Ministries e-mail to CNN: All 25 employees are
fine. The ministry has been in Haiti for 25 years. They have a 30 bed hospital
and an orphanage. Hank was able to get in touch with the Head Dr. by
telephone and he says there is devastation everywhere and many injured.
The ministry was scheduled to do the official ribbon cutting for the brand new
hospital in February. They are able to treat out patient and some procedure.
A container with supplies was sent last night.
3:45 p.m. -- "I'm still looking to understand the magnitude of the event,"
Preval says. "There are risks that the houses will continue to collapse."
3:43 p.m -- Haitian President Rene Preval to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "We
don't have the capacity" to bring all the injured to hospitals.
3:05 p.m. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has mobilized ships and aircraft to
positions where they can be quickly sent to Haiti if needed, the service says
on its Web site. Standing by are: A C-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard
Air Station Clearwater, Florida; the cutter Valiant, homeported in Miami; The
cutter Forward, homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia; the cutter Tahoma,
homeported in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the cutter Mohawk, homeported
in Key West, Florida.
2:11 p.m. -- "Port-au-Prince is flattened ... more than 100,000 are dead,"
Felix Augustin, the Haitian consul general to U.N., tells reporters in New York.
The hospitals are gone and medical supplies and heavy equipment are
desperately needed, he says.
2:09 p.m. -- Doctors Without Borders has about 800 staff in Haiti, many of
whom have not been accounted for.
2:04 p.m. -- Want to more about Haiti? Check out this interactive snapshot.
1:21 p.m. -- With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in
U.S. are "sick with worry." State Department line for those seeking information
about loved ones: 1-888-407-4747 . Full story
1:15 p.m. -- From Anderson Cooper in Port-au-Prince: "The only thing to
compare it to is Hurricane Katrina. But in the last 30 minutes -- or the last
hour that I've been driving, I've seen probably 20 to 25 bodies on the streets.
And that's just on the main avenues in downtown Port-au-Prince."
1 p.m. -- 40,000-45,000 Americans in Haiti, the U.S. State Department says.
The Embassy has been in touch with about 40. No confirmed deaths. About a
dozen injured. "Clearly that will go up," says Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley.
12:41 p.m. -- Photo gallery shows the destruction.
12:30 p.m. -- At least 15 U.N. peacekeepers reported dead.
12:27 p.m. -- Joseph Serge Miot, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, died in
the quake, according to the official Vatican newspaper.
12:18 p.m. -- Haiti prime minister tells CNN he believes well over 100,000
have died in earthquake.
12:12 p.m. -- Anderson Cooper says situation at airport "pretty quiet." He says
small military presence from Dominican Republic is at the airport.
11:45 a.m. -- National Penitentiary collapsed and inmates escaped,
prompting worries about looting by escapees.
11:35 a.m. -- Want to help? Check out Impact Your World
11:13 a.m. -- Fabiola Surena shared photos of her parents' home and her aunt
and uncle's property in Debussy, Haiti -- both areas are severely damaged.
Aunt and uncle's property; Parents' home
11:07 a.m. -- Catholic Relief Services staff member Karel Zelenka provided
this account via e-mail. "Damage incredible all around ... Some major
buildings are gone -- the hotel Montana, the National Palace etc... People
have been screaming and chanting all over the place ... It is a disaster of the
century, we should be prepared for thousands and thousands of dead and
injured."
11:03 a.m. -- 50-member Chinese rescue team ready to depart for Haiti,
China's Xinhua news agency reports.
11:01 a.m. -- More than 100 employees of U.N. mission unaccounted for.
10:45 a.m. -- Read an easy-to-read guide on Haiti and its history.
10:39 a.m. -- A Haitian-American tells CNN her parents died in the quake,
days after visiting her in South Florida. Full story
10:35 a.m. -- Twitter is playing a critical role in collecting donations to help
disaster victims, CNNMoney.com reports.
10:26 a.m. -- The people of Haiti have a friend and partner in the United
States, President Obama says in concluding news conference. Watch news
conference
10:24 a.m. -- USAID Administrator Raj Shah will coordinate American relief
efforts, Obama says.
10:23 a.m. -- President Obama extends "deep condolences" to people of
Haiti. Says he has ordered a "swift" and "coordinated" response .
10:21 a.m. -- None of three aid centers run by Doctors without Borders in Haiti
is operable, the group says.
10:20 a.m. -- People of Haiti will have full support of the United States,
President Obama says.
10:16 a.m. -- The main airport in Haiti appears to be operable, U.S. State
Department spokesman says.
10:15 a.m. -- The U.N. Haitian mission chief and the agency's deputy special
representative are unaccounted for, says U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon.
10:11 a.m. -- Air traffic control "is very dicey," says CNN's Anderson Cooper.
While flying over Haiti, his helicopter had to make last-minute maneuver to
avoid hitting another aircraft. Watch Anderson Cooper video
10:10 a.m. -- People are standing around wondering where to go, says
Anderson Cooper, who flew over Haiti in a helicopter. Major buildings have
collapsed -- pancaked together.
10:07 a.m. -- "It's incredibly shocking," says Anderson Cooper.
10:04 a.m. -- President of Lumiere Medical Ministries, which has been in
Haiti for 25 years, tells CNN all 25 employees are fine.
9:57 a.m. -- Follow Tweets from CNN's Anderson Cooper.
9:39 a.m. -- "I heard a lot of people praying, saying that Jesus is coming,
saying that we need to pray, we need to save our lives by believing in God,"
witness Carel Pedre tells CNN.
8:53: a.m. -- President Obama to make statement on Haiti at 10 a.m. ET.
8:41 a.m. -- The U.N. Haitian mission chief and the agency's deputy special
representative are unaccounted for, says U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon said.
8:41 a.m. -- U.S. was the first to offer help, says Haitian ambassador to the U.S.
8: 32 a.m. -- Quake "destroyed" much of Port-au-Prince, the country's first lady
reported. Full story
7: 30 a.m. -- Reconnaissance flights to go over Haiti soon, says U.S. State
Department spokesman P.J. Crowley.
7:07 a.m. --The quake affected roughly one in three Haitians -- about 3
million people, the Red Cross estimated. Full story
4:30 a.m. -- A "large number" of people with the U.N. peacekeeping mission
in Haiti were unaccounted for. Three Jordanian peacekeepers killed.
3:40 a.m. on January 13, 2009 -- Residents hunkered down for the night,
awaiting daylight to ascertain full scope of devastation.
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11:45 p.m. -- "Can hear people gathered in the distance singing prayers,"
wrote Richard Morse, hotel manager at the Oloffson Hotel, wrote on Twitter.
10:32 p.m. -- Haiti's infrastructure world's worst even in the best of times, says
country's ambassador to the U.S.
9:13 p.m. -- U.N. headquarters in Haiti collapsed, U.N. officials say.
8:45 p.m. -- Eyewitnesses report heavy damage and bodies in the streets of
the capital.
7: 56 p.m. -- U.S. State Department told to expect "serious loss of life" in Haiti.
6:50 p.m. -- Tsunami watch cancelled.
5:23 p.m. -- A tsunami watch is in effect for Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas and the
Dominican Republic.
5:14 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2009 -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern
Haiti, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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epicentre of Haiti’s disastrous
earthquake – with up to 30,000 dead
and almost all its buildings flattened.
A 40-strong British search and
rescue team was the first to reach it
yesterday – and the Mirror was with
them.
Twelve miles west of capital Port-au-
Prince, it used to have a population of
100,000 but now its centre is just a
waste land with fallen twisted power
cables threaded through rubble like
spiders’ webs.
Two mass graves line the main road,
a few yellowed bodies thrown in to
start a third. Nearby, huddles of
people beg for help. Armed men
stand defiantly to defend a health
clinic-turned-shelter against all
comers.
This area had received no aid since
last Tuesday’s cataclysm and the
scene has been described as
apocalyptic.
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AND OTHER CITIES OF HAITI...
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HAITI, The town of Leogane is at the
epicentre of Haiti’s disastrous earthquake –
with up to 30,000 dead and almost all its
buildings flattened.
A 40-strong British search and rescue team was
the first to reach it yesterday – and the Mirror
was with them.
Twelve miles west of capital Port-au-Prince, it
used to have a population of 100,000 but now
its centre is just a waste land with fallen twisted
power cables threaded through rubble like
spiders’ webs.
Two mass graves line the main road, a few
yellowed bodies thrown in to start a third.
Nearby, huddles of people beg for help. Armed
men stand defiantly to defend a health clinic-
turned-shelter against all comers.
This area had received no aid since last
Tuesday’s cataclysm and the scene has been
described as apocalyptic.
''LEARN MORE ABOUT LEOGANE AND
OTHER CITIES OF HAITI...
.''
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epicentre of Haiti’s disastrous earthquake –
with up to 30,000 dead and almost all its
buildings flattened.
A 40-strong British search and rescue team was
the first to reach it yesterday – and the Mirror
was with them.
Twelve miles west of capital Port-au-Prince, it
used to have a population of 100,000 but now
its centre is just a waste land with fallen twisted
power cables threaded through rubble like
spiders’ webs.
Two mass graves line the main road, a few
yellowed bodies thrown in to start a third.
Nearby, huddles of people beg for help. Armed
men stand defiantly to defend a health clinic-
turned-shelter against all comers.
This area had received no aid since last
Tuesday’s cataclysm and the scene has been
described as apocalyptic.
''LEARN MORE ABOUT LEOGANE AND
OTHER CITIES OF HAITI...
.''
''MORE HAITI NEWS AND PICTURES FROM
ALJAZEERA''
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