Helping Haiti Prepare For The Next Big Earthquake
Within weeks of the Haiti earthquake last January, five geoscientists and two engineers from The University of Texas at Austin traveled to the island nation to help assess the damage, identify future earthquake hazards, and make recommendations about how and where to rebuild. They surveyed Haiti from the air, land, coastline and sea.With the rainy season beginning in late April and hurricane …
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Helping Haiti Prepare For The Next Big Earthquake
Haiti earthquake baby given up for dead finally reunited with her mother
Marie Miracle Seignon broke down in tears when she saw baby Landina in London today after she travelled to the UK from Haiti, seven months after the devastating earthquake
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Haiti earthquake baby given up for dead finally reunited with her mother
Amy Goodman: Six months after the earthquake, Haiti’s suffering is intense
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — July 12 marked the six-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake here in Haiti that killed as many as 300,000 people and left much of the country in ruins. Up to 1.8 million people are living in squalid tent cities, with inadequate sanitation, if any, no electricity and little security, and no respite from the intense heat and the worsening rains. Rape, hunger and …
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Amy Goodman: Six months after the earthquake, Haiti’s suffering is intense
Haiti earthquake: Six months later, are relief efforts dragging?
Six months after the catastrophic 7.0-magnitude Haiti earthquake, signs of progress show that the outpouring of donations from the US government, households, and organizations played a major role in helping the relief effort.
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Haiti earthquake: Six months later, are relief efforts dragging?
Earthquake firefighters praised
Ten Lincolnshire firefighters are rewarded for their help with the rescue effort in the Haiti earthquake.
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Earthquake firefighters praised
Earthquake victim helps Haitian rescuers
Twenty-five-year-old Christa Brelsford, who grew up in Anchorage, was in Haiti on a two-week volunteer trip when the earthquake that injured and killed hundreds of thousands of people struck on Jan. 12.
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Earthquake victim helps Haitian rescuers
Ashburnham nurse helps Haitian earthquake victims
After the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, George Simmons, a registered nurse and Ashburnham resident, knew he wanted to help more than ever.
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Ashburnham nurse helps Haitian earthquake victims
Haiti Earthquake Survivor Recovers
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage When the massive earthquake hit Haiti in January, Alaskan Christa Brelsford and her brother Julian were there, at a friend’s house that collapsed as they were running to get downstairs. Christa was trapped under debris and ultimately lost her right foot. She considers herself lucky, both because she says
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Haiti Earthquake Survivor Recovers
Mexico earthquake shakes buildings as far as Mexico City
A Mexico earthquake, magnitude 6.0, centered in the southern state of Oaxaca and shook buildings 300 miles north in Mexico City. One person died in a quake that was shallower and weaker than the Haiti and Chile earthquakes.
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Mexico earthquake shakes buildings as far as Mexico City
Despite earthquake, Haiti’s population continues to grow
Despite the huge loss of life in Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake in January, the Caribbean nation’s population growth shows no signs of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Monday.
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Despite earthquake, Haiti’s population continues to grow