Showing posts with label Help for Haiti victims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Help for Haiti victims. Show all posts

Friday, January 22, 2010

6.1 Magnitude Aftershock Earthquake Rattled Haiti

Last Wednesday (January 20, 2010), a week after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti leaving 200,000 people dead; a strong aftershock once again hit the country around 6:03 am, just before sunrise while many people were still asleep. The aftershock was first estimated at 6.1 magnitude then later revised it to 5.9 magnitude alarming masses of people camping on the streets.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

How You Can Help Haiti Earthquake Victims

Last Wednesday before heading to work, I was able to watch news on TV about the earthquake that hits Haiti and I was so saddened to see thousands of people died in the said disaster.

Haiti is considered to be the poorest in the Western Hemisphere with four out of five people living in poverty and more than half in abject poverty. There is concern that Haitian emergency services are unable to cope with a major disaster and the country is “economically vulnerable” by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Plus, it has been struck by multiple hurricanes which caused flooding and widespread damage in the country. Its long history of political and corruption has also added to the turmoil.

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