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Impacto News:
Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead
Survivors strained desperately on Wednesday against the chunks of
concrete that buried this city along with thousands of its residents,
rich and poor, from shantytowns to the presidential palace, in the
devastating earthquake that struck late Tuesday afternoon.
And the poor who define this nation squatted in the streets, some
hurt and bloody, many more without food and water, close to piles of
covered corpses and rubble.
Limbs protruded from disintegrated concrete, muffled cries emanated
from deep inside the wrecks of buildings — many of them poorly
constructed in the first place — as Haiti struggled to grasp the
unknown toll from its worst earthquake in more than 200 years.
In the midst of the chaos, no one was able to offer an estimate of the
number of people who had been killed or injured, though there was
widespread concern that there were likely to be thousands of
casualties.
Survivors strained desperately on Wednesday against the chunks of
concrete that buried this city along with thousands of its residents,
rich and poor, from shantytowns to the presidential palace, in the
devastating earthquake that struck late Tuesday afternoon.
And the poor who define this nation squatted in the streets, some
hurt and bloody, many more without food and water, close to piles of
covered corpses and rubble.
Limbs protruded from disintegrated concrete, muffled cries emanated
from deep inside the wrecks of buildings — many of them poorly
constructed in the first place — as Haiti struggled to grasp the
unknown toll from its worst earthquake in more than 200 years.
In the midst of the chaos, no one was able to offer an estimate of the
number of people who had been killed or injured, though there was
widespread concern that there were likely to be thousands of
casualties.
SECRETARY-GENERAL
TOUCHES DOWN IN
QUAKE-DEVASTATED HAITI
TOUCHES DOWN IN
QUAKE-DEVASTATED HAITI
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Haiti,
which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake on
Tuesday, to show his solidarity with the people of the
impoverished Caribbean nation and assess for himself
the scale of the devastation.
The 7.0 magnitude tremors on 12 January are said to
have affected one third of Haiti's population of 9 million,
and the United Nations estimates that 10 per cent of
the buildings in the hardest-hit city, the capital,
Port-au-Prince, have been destroyed, leaving 300,000
people homeless.
Sunday January 17, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UN News)
which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake on
Tuesday, to show his solidarity with the people of the
impoverished Caribbean nation and assess for himself
the scale of the devastation.
The 7.0 magnitude tremors on 12 January are said to
have affected one third of Haiti's population of 9 million,
and the United Nations estimates that 10 per cent of
the buildings in the hardest-hit city, the capital,
Port-au-Prince, have been destroyed, leaving 300,000
people homeless.
Sunday January 17, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UN News)
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"We target the multicultural market one by one"
Acting Head of the UN Stabilization
Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmond
Mulet laying flowers at panel with
names of UN victims of the 12 January
earthquake. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino)
Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmond
Mulet laying flowers at panel with
names of UN victims of the 12 January
earthquake. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino)
HAITI / BAN KI-MOON
14 March 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
visits Haiti for the second time since
it was struck by a catastrophic
earthquake in January. Says that the
country is "beginning to transition
from emergency relief to early
recovery and reconstruction".
14 March 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
visits Haiti for the second time since
it was struck by a catastrophic
earthquake in January. Says that the
country is "beginning to transition
from emergency relief to early
recovery and reconstruction".
HAITI / BAN KI-MOON IDP CAMP
15 March 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
tours a camp that is home to tens of
thousands of internally displaced
persons (IDPs) on a one-day visit to
Haiti ahead of an international donors'
conference. MINUSTAH
15 March 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
tours a camp that is home to tens of
thousands of internally displaced
persons (IDPs) on a one-day visit to
Haiti ahead of an international donors'
conference. MINUSTAH
HAITI / DIOUF16 March 2010
Jacques Diouf, head of the Food
and Agriculture Organization, kicks
off spring planting season to
promote national food production,
rural employment and reforestation
in Haiti. FAO
Jacques Diouf, head of the Food
and Agriculture Organization, kicks
off spring planting season to
promote national food production,
rural employment and reforestation
in Haiti. FAO
HAITI / NEW IDP CAMPS
16 March 2010
The first of a series of new camps
following the international rules of
construction are available for the
internally displaced in Haiti.
MINUSTAH
16 March 2010
The first of a series of new camps
following the international rules of
construction are available for the
internally displaced in Haiti.
MINUSTAH