a recent natural disaster

Haiti- a massive earthquake destroys millions of life

On of the world poorest and least developed countries in world is Haiti. On Tuesday afternoon January 12, 2010 a big natural catastrophe happend there. The Caribbean slab, on which Haiti is located, is moving to the north American slab and as a consequence a massive earthquake with the magnitude of 7,0 occured. Besides this local tsunamies appeared as well. The initial quake was later followed by 12 aftershocks higher than the magnitude 5,0. It struck about 15 km south of the capital Port-au-Prince and wrecked the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings. About three million people were affected by the quake. The Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died and 300,000 had been injured. About 100,000,000 people laying on the ground searching for food or water and want to be hospitalized. They have no home maybe lost family members, friends or relatives and are even badly wounded by there own.  You have to imaging that everything had been damaged Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks which hampered rescue and aid effort. As another consequence 4000 schools were damaged or destroyed and 600,000 people left their home area in Port-au-Prince and mostly statyed with host families. One and a half million people were living in camps, thousands of people were killed by cholera and 200,000 were infected. Many countries responded to appeal for humanitarian aid. Rescue teams are arriving, aid groups are trying their best, bodies are being identified, and some medical care is being given. Rescue teams from all over the world have joined the recovery effort, as the United States pledged $100 million in relief efforts. The Red Cross ventured an estimate of up to 50,000 deaths, as bodies at the local morgues overflowed into the streets. Most of the people got first aid, clean water and medical consultations. In the end about 40 new schools were built up and are running within 6 months. But you cannot say now that the people living there have started a normal live again.