The earthquake in Haiti killed over 230,000 people, injured over 300,000 people, and made over 1,000,000 people homeless. The Earthquake hit west of Port-au-Prince Haiti's capital. The Earthquake began on Tuesday 12, 2010 and by January 24 about 52 aftershocks had accord. Some of these aftershocks were measured 4.5 and greater. The earthquake caused the majority of its damage in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, and other places in the same region. The after affects of the earthquake were people lost family, lost belongings and money, and many people were injured and couldn't be found.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. There were concerns spread that Haiti could not cope in the event of a huge disaster before the earthquake struck. Haiti has been coping with the situation better then people expected. They would not be able to handle this major disaster if they had not gotten medical help from the United States and many other countries.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad you went and helped them out cause the definitely needed it.
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