Major earthquake in Haiti. Final assessment of earthquake damage

Two days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Preliminary death toll is about 50,000 deaths, there are many corpses everywhere on the street. (Total 17 photos)

Local people watch as special equipment destroys a destroyed building after a strong earthquake in Haiti, on January 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

People try to reach trapped people at the Montana Hotel, which was destroyed after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. (REUTERS/UN Photo Logan Abassi) #

The photo shows the distribution of aid provided by the United Nations, set up tent cities after a 7.0 earthquake. Many buildings in Port-au-Prince were completely destroyed by the January 12th earthquake. (Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)

A view of the city showing much destruction following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake just before 5 pm on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)

This picture was taken on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the release of the Filipino representative of the United Nations, a total of 10 members of the Philippine peacekeeping mission worked for the UN Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH), assisted in search and rescue operations at the collapsed UN headquarters in Port au-Prince, where several staff and peacekeepers, including three from the Philippines, are still trapped more than a day after a massive earthquake hit the capital. (AP Photo/United Nations, Marco Dormino)

A man holds a child while at the Delmar earthquake survivors camp near Port-au-Prince, Thursday, January 14, 2010. People are afraid to spend the night in their homes, most of the campsite residents after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti this Tuesday. (AP Photo / Gregory Bull)

Locals stand amid the ruins of their hometown after the January 2010 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) #

A man lies trapped between his bed and the roof of his house January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

A man covers the body of his colleague, pulled from the rubble of a destroyed home following the earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) #

The legs of a corpse are seen among the ruins of a hotel destroyed by an earthquake, in Haiti, in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP / Getty Images)

Dead victims in the trunk of a car after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz TRANSPORT) #

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Aerial photo of survivors gathered around the dead after the earthquake in Haiti. (AP Photo/American Red Cross) MANDATORY CREDIT

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A man steps over and carefully inspects lifeless bodies piled up outside a mortuary in Port-au-Prince on January 14, 2010, following the devastating earthquake in Haiti. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents look at destroyed buildings after the earthquake in the capital Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti could be tens of thousands of people, President Rene Préval said on Wednesday, the day after the earthquake, that schools, hospitals, houses were destroyed. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Photo taken January 14, 2010 by the United Nations during one of the flights, a slum in the city of Port-au-Prince after the devastating earthquake that occurred on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images)

Locals wander among the ruins in their hometown after the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. More than 100,000 people died in Haiti after the earthquake destroyed houses, hotels and hospitals, turning the capital into ruins and corpses lie on the streets everywhere . Thousands of people have gone missing, frightened survivors in torn clothes roam the ruins, more than 30 aftershocks have destroyed the dilapidated capital, where more than two million people lived, mostly in poverty.

Two-year-old Redjeson Hausteen sees his mother, Daphnee Plaisin, after he was rescued by Belgian and Spanish rescuers from the rubble following a massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, January 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) #

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Question 1: An earthquake in Haiti, with its epicenter in Port-au-Prince, occurred last night, killing perhaps thousands of people. With 2012 approaching and the energy shift, is this just another prelude to the shift, one of a long chain of events that will continue during the shift as the cosmic mirror returns karma back to earth?

Question 2: I think people reading this site would like to understand more about what happened in Haiti and why it happens. Was it the result of humanity's misrepresentation of energy and the earth's return of negative energy, or was it solely something that only mother nature stands behind. For example, until people appeared on earth, such phenomena certainly took place. For some reason, and at that time, naturally, earthquakes occurred.

Also, please comment on what Pat Robertson said about the Haitians making a deal with the devil.

Note: Here is what Pat Robertson said:

“They (the Haitians) were under the French yoke… and they got together and made a deal with the devil. They said: ‘We will serve you’… and then the devil said ‘Agreed, this is a deal’ and drove the French [from the island]… They need a great return to God…”

In such situations, of course, it is appropriate for people to feel compassion for those who have been victims of a disaster. However, we of the Ascended Host have transcended human feelings and therefore do not blame or condemn anyone, nor are we blind to the true causes behind any event, the causes of which are usually hidden from most people on earth. So let me tell you the real reason.

The Haiti earthquake had nothing to do with 2012 if you see 2012 - as many people see it - as some kind of external event that will happen according to the intended scenario, regardless of the consciousness of mankind. Thus, in the recently released film, 2012 is shown as an event beyond the control of people, which will inevitably lead to devastating natural disasters. This is wrong, because the consciousness of humanity affects everything that happens on Earth. In other words, the true cause of the earthquake in Haiti was indeed the state of consciousness of mankind, and mainly the consciousness of the Haitians themselves.

As Gautama Buddha explained in the New Year's dictation on December 31, 2008, there is a cycle of the last four years until 2012, and in this cycle 2009 was the year of the Father. This implies that certain initiations were given to humanity in the past year, related to the energy of the Father. When such initiations are given, more people usually pass them while fewer people fail the test. Those who fail the test create tension, and this can lead to natural disaster, an outbreak, or war. Where this happens will depend to a large extent on where the tension is most concentrated—that is, where the percentage of the population that fails the test is high.

As Mother Mary explained to some extent, the spiritual cause of earthquakes is the spiritual poison of ignorance, which causes people's consciousness to freeze around the image created by people. In the year of the Father, the test consisted in overcoming ignorance in relation to the true Father, i.e. the true Creator, who surpasses all the images created by people. Therefore, people were meant to question their ideas about God. It was also necessary to realize that all self-aware beings are extensions of the Creator's Being, which means that God can work through them. And with God indwelling them, they can have everything they need - for it is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

If you look at Haitians, you will see that more than 90% of them are direct descendants of slaves brought from Africa, who brought their African voodoo religion with them. The voodoo worldview, combined with the consciousness of being descended from slaves, has created a specific mindset that has been the cause of many difficulties in Haiti over the years, both in terms of natural disasters and political issues.

Let's talk about voodoo first. Pat Robertson is wrong in saying that voodoo is a religion of devil worship. He is just a typical example of a fundamentalist Christian who is very focused on the devil, and also thinks that anyone who does not believe like him is of the devil or worships the devil. However, he is right that voodoo played a role in the revolution against French colonialism. It also opened many Haitians to being possessed by lower spirits. The meaning of voodoo in this context is that it is not a religion that worships a supreme God, as it created a mixture of an ancient African tribal god and an idolized Catholic image of a distant god in heaven.

Therefore, both voodoo and Catholicism portray the image of a god who is very distant from people on earth and usually does not interact with people. This is very far from my God, about whom I said: "My Father is still working, and I am working." So, this false image of God is the main reason why voodoo has limited the consciousness of the Haitians. They cannot rise above their image of God.

So who do Haitians worship in their prayers and voodoo rituals? This is a group of lower spirits - "gods" who work with people - on the emotional plane. These beings use voodoo rituals - which facilitate spirit possession - to steal the light of people.

Another problem is ancestor worship, which is, of course, common in many cultures. The problem, again, is that you cannot rise above the object of your worship. To maintain the upward spiral on Earth, the current generation must rise in consciousness above the previous one - and how can they do this if they worship the previous generation? Therefore, ancestor worship clearly places an idol before the true God, and therefore contributes to the failure of the test of the Father, namely, the recognition that the true Father is a Transcendent God, who cannot be described by any man-made image. If you see yourself as the offspring of your physical ancestors, then how can you accept that you are a son or daughter of God?

The next element to be found in Haiti is a mentality that developed among many of the slaves that a certain section of the population did not overcome, even though they did not personally experience slavery. This mentality is a victim consciousness, a feeling of being powerless to free oneself from one's masters. It is this consciousness that I have challenged by asserting that the kingdom of God is within you—meaning that no human ruler can prevent you from entering.

Many people will probably decide that what I am going to say next is politically incorrect, but it is the truth nonetheless. Given that the universe is a mirror, the reality is that before people are turned into slaves, they must project into the cosmic mirror an image of their unwillingness to take and thus desire to attract a ruler who will control their lives so that they are not I had to make my own decisions. This is the case with many people in Africa who have been turned into slaves. And this, in fact, is still one of the main blocks for moving the continent forward spiritually and materially.

Of course, the reluctance to accept responsibility makes people vulnerable to epic dramas, and there is indeed drama that makes people accept the role of slaves or the role [of people] dependent on others. This makes the Haitians feel that in return for letting other people rule them, these rulers should also take care of them. That's exactly what you see in most Haitians. They are unwilling to take responsibility for their personal lives or for their country. They want the international community to step in and do everything for them, which is why some of them got angry when the world didn't help quickly enough.

I am NOT saying by this that the world should not help. Relief is always needed in times of disaster, but I am pointing to the consciousness that caused the disaster in the first place—the same consciousness that caused both natural and man-made disasters in Haiti in the past, and which will cause future disasters if not surpassed.

Voodoo reinforces this victim mindset by making people feel like there is some magical ritual that can give them what they want without having to work on themselves or work hard to build a viable nation. It is the unwillingness to look at what has worked in other nations and then apply those lessons. There is also an element of rebellion where even though the people want the overlord, they also want to complain or rebel against him. That is why there were several dictators in Haiti who were much worse than the French colonial government. The French left because they were much more civilized than the recognized Haitian [government], and thus the people of Haiti simply attracted a dictator who suited their way of thinking.

What can Haitians do? From a realistic point of view, most Haitians are simply not ready to work with the Ascended Host. Therefore, they are currently in the school of hard knocks and, unfortunately, are likely to use their current beliefs to explain the earthquake as further evidence that they are victims of forces beyond their control. Thus, they will probably continue to do the same, expecting a different outcome, and I predict that the blows will have to get even stronger before most people develop a true willingness to change. Indeed, there is an undoubted risk that Haiti will completely disintegrate as a nation, even disintegrate into anarchy or the law of the jungle - a grim example of a failed state.

In a way, Pat Robertson is right that Haitians need to turn to God—not the God that Pat Robertson worships, but the true God in themselves. To do this, they need to overcome the conditions described above and take responsibility for themselves and their country. And that means recognizing that those who should bring out a better society are THEY, and not someone else, be it their voodoo gods or the international community. This revival can certainly happen, but it is unlikely to happen as a result of this calamity. There is no chance that the international community will come up with a response that will help the people of Haiti take responsibility for their country.

In conclusion, I will say that the earthquake was not caused solely by people in Haiti. It was caused by all people - in many parts of the world - who did not pass the test of the Father's year. But due to a particularly low consciousness in Haiti, it became a flashpoint and that's why the Earth was released from tension in this place (this could happen in many other places).

Let me end with a comment on the idea that earthquakes may be natural phenomena that have nothing to do with the consciousness of mankind - since they seem to have occurred before the appearance of human beings on this planet. As Maitreya explains in his book The Master Keys to Freedom, every imbalance on this planet has something to do with the consciousness of humanity. He also explains that there has been intelligent life on this planet for much longer than science admits. Thus, even if earthquakes have been occurring for millions of years, they were actually caused by intelligent beings that inhabited the earth (whether you want to call them humans or otherwise).

As these beings condensed their consciousness, they caused the densification of matter itself. To get a linear (and therefore limited) view, imagine that you have taken the earth in its present state and compressed it by 80% of its size. You can imagine that by pushing the same amount of matter into a smaller space, tension is created and it can cause earthquakes. Thus, even seemingly prehistoric so-called natural disasters were still caused by the consciousness of self-aware beings associated with this planet.

As I just said, the beginning of the spiritual path is the acceptance of the fact that everything is a manifestation of consciousness.

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On January 12, 2005, a powerful earthquake occurred on the island of Haiti, the magnitude of the tremors reached 7. More than 222 thousand people became victims of the disaster. On the fifth anniversary of the tragedy, we decided to recall the most devastating earthquakes of the 21st century

Afghanistan. 2002

In March 2002, two powerful earthquakes swept across northern Afghanistan. The magnitude of the tremors exceeded 7. About 2,000 people became victims of the disaster, and about 20,000 more Afghans were left homeless.

The first after four years of calm earthquake in northern Afghanistan was recorded March 3, 2002 at about 15:00 Moscow time. The magnitude of the tremors was 7.2. Soil vibrations were felt over a vast territory - from Tajikistan to India. The epicenter was on the Afghan-Pakistani border in the Hindu Kush mountains. More than 100 people died then, dozens more went missing. Assistance to the victims was provided by representatives of the World Food Program, who were in Kabul at that time. Helicopters that were previously used to deliver humanitarian supplies were sent to the two most affected villages in the north of Samangan province.

22 days later, on March 25, 2002, disaster struck Afghanistan again. Underground points with a magnitude of 6.5 to 7 were recorded in the north-east of the country. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 50 kilometers southeast of the city of Kunduz. This time, the elements claimed the lives of about one and a half thousand people, more than four thousand people were injured, about one and a half thousand buildings were destroyed to the ground. Baghlan province was the most affected. The city of Nahrin was completely destroyed. The forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia were involved in the rescue operation. A few more days of tremors were felt in Kabul, in Mazar-i-Sharif, as well as in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and Tajikistan.

Iran. 2003

On December 26, 2003, at 5:26 local time, a devastating earthquake rocked the southeast of Iran. The element completely destroyed the ancient city of Bam. Several tens of thousands of people became victims of the earthquake.

The epicenter of tremors, with a magnitude of 6.7 to 5, was recorded in the southeast of Iran, a few tens of kilometers from the large city of Bam. The authorities of the country urgently turned to the world community with a request for help. More than 60 countries responded to the call, 44 of them sent personnel to help in overcoming the consequences of the disaster. Russia also participated in the rescue operation.

Already in the first hours after the earthquake, it was clear that few people were spared by the elements - the number of victims went to tens of thousands. According to official figures, 35 thousand people died, but later the Minister of Health of Iran reported 70 thousand victims. In addition, Bam was practically wiped off the face of the earth - up to 90% of the buildings were destroyed, many of which were made of clay. As a result, the Iranian government decided not to restore the ancient city, but to rebuild a new one in its place.

Indonesia. 2004

On December 26, 2004 at 07:58 local time, one of the most destructive earthquakes in modern history occurred in the Indian Ocean. The magnitude of the tremors reached 9.3. Following him, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, southern India, Thailand and 14 other countries were covered by a tsunami. The wave destroyed everything in its path. Up to 300 thousand people became victims of the disaster.

Exactly one year, up to an hour after the earthquake in Iranian Bam, the underground points were felt by the inhabitants of Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake this time was in the Indian Ocean, north of the island of the Indonesian island of Simeulue, located off the northwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake, which was the third strongest earthquake in the history of observation, provoked waves up to 30 meters high. They reached the shores of the nearest countries in 15 minutes, and the tsunami reached the most remote corners of the Indian Ocean seven hours later. Many states were not ready for such a blow of the elements - most of the coastal zones were taken by surprise. People went to the coast to collect fish that suddenly appeared on land, or admire an unusual natural phenomenon - this was the last thing they saw.

The storm killed hundreds of thousands of people. The exact number of deaths has not yet been established - it ranges from 235 thousand people to 300 thousand, tens of thousands are missing, more than a million people were left without homes. Thousands of tourists from different parts of the world who decided to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays in the Indian Ocean never returned home.

Pakistan. 2005 year

On October 8, 2005 at 8:50 local time, a powerful earthquake was recorded in Pakistan. The magnitude of the tremors was 7.6. According to official figures, more than 74,000 people, including 17,000 children, were killed, and about three million more Pakistanis were left homeless.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Pakistani region of Kashmir, 95 kilometers from Islamabad. The source of tremors lay at a depth of 10 kilometers. The earthquake was felt by residents of several countries. The element caused major destruction in northeastern Pakistan, Afghanistan and northern India. Many villages were destroyed to the ground. To date, the earthquake in Kashmir is the worst in South Asia in the last 100 years.

Several states offered Pakistan assistance in eliminating the consequences of the rampant disaster. International and non-governmental organizations provided assistance in the form of money, food and medical equipment. Cuba provided special support to Pakistan, sending about a thousand doctors to the disaster zone in the first days after the tragedy.

The exact number of victims of the earthquake is still unknown. According to the authorities, in October 2005, 84 thousand people died, but according to unconfirmed information, the element claimed the lives of up to 200 thousand people.

China. 2008

On May 12, 2008 at 14:28 Beijing time, an earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in the Chinese province of Sichuan. The element claimed the lives of about 70 thousand people, another 18 thousand were missing.

The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded 75 kilometers from the capital of Sichuan, Chengdu, the focus of the tremors lay at a depth of 19 kilometers. After the main earthquake, more than ten thousand repeated tremors followed. The echoes of the earthquake also reached Beijing, which was located at a distance of one and a half thousand kilometers from the epicenter. The tremors were also felt by residents of India, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia and Russia.

According to official figures, more than 69,000 people became victims of the rampage of the elements, 18,000 are missing, 370,000 were injured, and five million Chinese were left homeless. The Sichuan earthquake was the second strongest in the modern history of China, in the first place - Tangshan, which occurred in 1976 and claimed about 250,000 lives.

Haiti. 2010

January 12, 2010 at 16:53 local time, the island nation of Haiti was rocked by a powerful earthquake. The magnitude of the tremors reached 7. The elements completely destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince. The death toll exceeded 200 thousand people.

After the first earthquake in Haiti, many aftershocks were recorded, of which 15 were with a magnitude of more than 5. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 22 kilometers southwest of the capital of the island state, the focus lay at a depth of 13 kilometers. The Geological Survey later explained that the Haiti Earthquake was the result of the movement of the earth's crust in the zone of contact between the Caribbean and North American lithospheric plates.

The authorities of 37 countries, including Russia, sent rescuers, doctors and humanitarian aid to Haiti. However, the international rescue operation was hampered by the fact that the airport could not cope with a large number of arriving aircraft, it also did not have enough fuel to refuel them. The media claimed that earthquake survivors were dying en masse from acute shortages of clean water, food, medicine and medical care.

According to official figures, the disaster claimed the lives of more than 222 thousand people, about 311 thousand more were injured, more than 800 people are missing. In Port-au-Prince, the elements destroyed several thousand residential buildings and almost all hospitals, leaving about three million people without a roof over their heads.

Japan. 2011

On March 11, 2011 at 14:46 local time, a powerful earthquake struck off the east coast of the island of Honshu in Japan. The magnitude of the tremors reached 9.1. The element claimed the lives of 15870 people, another 2846 are missing.

The epicenter of the tremors was located 373 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, the center lay in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 32 kilometers. After the main shock of magnitude 9.0, a series of aftershocks followed, there were more than 400 in total. The earthquake caused a tsunami that spread throughout the Pacific Ocean, the wave reached Russia.

According to official figures, the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami in 12 prefectures in Japan is 15,870 people, another 2,846 people are missing, more than six thousand people were injured. The rampage of the elements led to the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. The earthquake and tsunami disabled external power supplies and backup diesel generators, which led to the breakdown of all normal and emergency cooling systems, which in turn caused the reactor core meltdown at three power units.

Fukushima-1 was officially closed in December 2013. On the territory of the nuclear power plant, work continues to this day to eliminate the consequences of the accident. According to experts, bringing the object to a stable state can take up to 40 years.

And the North American lithospheric plates. The last time an earthquake of such destructive power occurred in Haiti in 1751.

According to official data, as of March 18, 2010, the death toll was 222,570 people, 311,000 people were injured, and 869 people were missing. Material damage is estimated at 5.6 billion euros.

On the day of the earthquake in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, thousands of residential buildings and almost all hospitals were destroyed. About 3 million people were left homeless. The National Palace, the buildings of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Communications and Culture and the cathedral were also destroyed.

The capital of the country Port-au-Prince (population 2.5 million people) was devastated by the earthquake, the rest of the country suffered little.

Haitian President René Préval's initial statement on January 13 put the estimated death toll at 30,000. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said the total death toll could exceed 100,000. Some sources cited the figure as half a million people.

49 members of the UN mission to stabilize the situation in Haiti were killed ( MINUSTAH), including the head of the mission, Tunisian diplomat Hedi Annabi (fr. Hédi Annabi), about 300 more people are missing. The UN mission was established in Haiti in 2004 after the unrest in that country. The mission consists of 9,000 people, mostly soldiers and police. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, members of the mission, were not injured during the earthquake.

Among the dead is the organizer of many charitable programs for disadvantaged children, the Brazilian pediatrician Zilda Arns. Also killed were the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Joseph Serge Mieu, opposition leader Michel Gaillard, and former Canadian MP Serge Marcel. The death of the Minister of Justice of Haiti Paul Denis was reported, but subsequently his death was not confirmed. Among the dead are citizens of Argentina, Brazil, China, Jordan, the Vatican and other countries.

Water pipes in the city were destroyed, there were problems with access to fresh water. The roads were blocked by rubble. Looting has been reported in the city. The corpses of the dead were piled on sidewalks and roadsides and transported by trucks to the central hospital, where 1,500 corpses had accumulated near the mortuary. The prison building was damaged and the prisoners fled from there.

After the earthquake, only the Argentine field hospital at the UN mission continued to work. All other hospitals were destroyed or damaged by the earthquake. The hospital could not cope with the huge number of wounded. More than 800 wounded were operated on. The seriously wounded were transported by helicopter to Santo Domingo, the capital of the neighboring Dominican Republic. In the absence of heavy equipment, people tried to dismantle the rubble with their hands and improvised means.

According to a BBC correspondent who was on the scene, in one of the hospitals and next to it there were more than a hundred corpses piled right in the corridors, which created an unbearable smell. In the immediate area, there were many wounded waiting for help, a handful of doctors trying to help them. People with severe injuries waited for hours for their turn without receiving any first aid, among them were children.

Countries that sent rescuers, medical personnel and/or donated financial and humanitarian assistance to Haiti.

The arrival of cargo and rescue teams was hampered by the fact that the airport could not cope with a large number of arriving aircraft, it also did not have enough fuel to refuel them. The port facilities of Port-au-Prince were badly damaged by the earthquake, and the unloading of ships was complicated. The roads of the country suffered from blockages and were filled with refugees. All this slowed down the start of rescue work, while the period in which it was still possible to extract people from the rubble was running out.

The Haitian Red Cross estimated that day that between 45,000 and 50,000 people died in the earthquake.

The delivery of aid to Haiti continued to be difficult. Residents of Port-au-Prince reported that they did not yet see any real help, despite information on the radio about its receipt.

To disassemble the rubble, the US armed forces were sent to the crash site: 3,500 soldiers and 2,200 marines.

In the morning Moscow time, the last plane with Russian rescuers landed in the Dominican Republic. Some time later, they pulled two people out of the rubble - a man and a woman. Both cellular and wired communications work intermittently on the island, there is no electricity, there are problems with the coordination of the authorities.

According to a BBC correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haitians who survived the earthquake were dying en masse from an acute shortage of clean water, food, medicine and medical care. So many bodies of the dead accumulated on the streets that they began to remove them with bulldozers. A sense of anger and despair grew among the locals. Due to the decomposition of thousands of corpses and unsanitary conditions, there is a danger of a mass epidemic. People in the city cover their noses with cloth because of the smell of decomposition. The screams of the victims can still be heard from under the ruins. In the absence of heavy equipment, the inhabitants of the city are trying to clear the rubble with their hands. There were repeated tremors of small force, people are afraid to go into the preserved houses and spend the night on the street.

According to the President of the country, 7,000 corpses were buried in mass graves. There were reports that in some places, residents who are not receiving assistance are building roadblocks of corpses as a sign of protest.

More planes wanted to land at the airport than ground services could handle and unload. UN food warehouses in the city were looted. Representatives of the Brazilian army offered to provide protection for the columns with help in order to avoid their looting.

US President Barack Obama has pledged $100 million to help Haiti.

The disaster also forced Cuba and the United States to compromise. The American authorities received permission from Cuba to fly military transport aircraft through its territory to evacuate survivors of the earthquake, which reduces the path between the United States and Haiti by an hour and a half.

According to the data given on that day, about 140 thousand people died as a result of the disaster, another 3 million are left without water and food. Due to the incessant heat, the corpses under the rubble decompose, which greatly aggravates the situation. The UN estimates damage at $500 million. The next day, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to arrive.

The Haitian interior minister said about 50,000 bodies had already been buried, and that the total death toll could be "between 100,000 and 200,000 people." It is estimated that between 30% and 50% of the buildings in the capital were destroyed. Armed marauders appeared in the city, 4,000 criminals fled from the destroyed prison. It is reported that people rob each other and take away food, others leave the city in search of food and food, those who are not able to do this die right on the street from lack of water, food and from wounds. The US Army has refused to drop food and water packages from the air, as it, in its opinion, could lead to unrest.

At the airport of Port-au-Prince, taken under the control of the US army, 200 planes land daily. These are mainly US Army aircraft that deliver troops and equipment and evacuate US and foreign citizens from the country. At the same time, planes from other countries and charitable organizations with cargoes of humanitarian aid are not allowed to land, many of them are redirected to Santo Domingo airport.

Rescuers managed to extract dozens of people from under the rubble, but the bodies of tens of thousands of people can be found under the rubble.

Relief distribution and rescue efforts continue to be hampered by roadblocks, communication problems, power supply problems, lack of fuel for trucks, looting and lack of coordination between various organizations.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti who were in America at the time of the disaster would be able to stay in the US with the right to work for at least 18 months. They also plan to make it easier for relatives to transfer money to Haiti.

5 people were rescued from the rubble. There are still problems with delivering aid to those in need. Just a mile from the airport in a nursing home, people are reported to be dying of starvation and dehydration. US Army helicopters deliver humanitarian aid from Port-au-Prince airport by air. At the same time, the distribution of water and food is poorly organized. They just throw him into the crowd. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Haiti. He visited the camp of earthquake survivors near the presidential palace. The crowd greeted him with cries of "Where's the food?" and “Where is help?”. Looting continues in the city. Two looters were killed by the police.

Brazil, France and charities are accusing the US that the US Army, after taking control of the airport in Port-au-Prince, is preventing their planes with aid and rescue teams from landing. Airplanes circle the airport for hours or are diverted to the Dominican Republic. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of "hidden occupation" of Haiti. In his opinion, the United States should not send troops to the country, but help and hospitals.

The EU has announced that it will provide about 600 million euros in aid to Haiti.

The USS Bataan arrived in Haiti with 2,200 Marines on board. The ship has heavy equipment for debris removal, 12 helicopters and medical equipment. According to American rescuers, 10 people were removed from the rubble on Sunday, and over the past few days, about 70 people have been rescued in total.

Some 70,000 who died during the earthquake have already been buried. Riots and looting continue in Port-au-Prince, the population is deprived of the most necessary. US and UN troops dispersed the Haitians crowded at the airport gates with rubber truncheons.

According to international charities, Haitians continue to die due to the fact that rescue operations are poorly organized and chaos reigns on the ground. In this situation, blame, in particular, the Americans. As a result of poor organization and security problems, hundreds of people whose deaths could have been avoided could die.

The situation with food and medicine is heating up more and more. For provisions and for gasoline, people line up for miles in lines in which they are ready to tear each other to pieces. New drugs are being delivered very slowly. The corpses are left literally 200 meters from the hospitals so that they are not visible, but the smell of cadaveric decomposition cannot be hidden.

The U.S. Army has begun dropping food and water containers from military aircraft, despite the fact that it had previously abandoned such tactics for fear that it would cause unrest. It is reported that 14,000 servings of prepared food and 15,000 liters of water were dropped from military aircraft northeast of Port-au-Prince. The US Army is going to continue dropping aid containers in various parts of Haiti. US paratroopers took control of the presidential palace area in Port-au-Prince. French Minister Alain Juandet said the US was "occupying" Haiti and demanded that the UN clarify US powers. The representative of the US forces, Colonel Kane, said that this was not an invasion, but a rescue operation.

The Haitian government and the president work in a police station building near the Port-au-Prince airport. Commercial activity appeared on the streets of the city, food products began to be sold, although prices were 2 times higher than before the earthquake.

Security issues continue to be reported. However, a Western doctor working at Port-au-Prince's central hospital said there were absolutely no security problems and that false and rumored reports of the possibility of looting and rioting were only slowing down relief efforts. In his view, false reports of security issues are caused by racism. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended that the Security Council send another 3,500 peacekeepers to Haiti to assist the police and troops in the fight against marauders.

The earthquake in Haiti was the result of the movement of the earth's crust in the zone of contact between the Caribbean and North American lithospheric plates. The last time an earthquake of such destructive power occurred in Haiti in 1751.

According to official data, as of March 18, 2010, the death toll was 222,570 people, 311,000 people were injured, and 869 people were missing. Material damage is estimated at 5.6 billion euros.

Effects

The capital of the country Port-au-Prince (population 2.5 million people) was devastated by the earthquake, the rest of the country suffered little.

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Among the dead is the organizer of many charitable programs for disadvantaged children, the Brazilian pediatrician Zilda Arns. Also killed were the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Joseph Serge Mieu, opposition leader Michel Gaillard, and former Canadian MP Serge Marcel. It was reported about the death of the Minister of Justice of Haiti, Paul Denis, but subsequently his death was not confirmed. Among the dead are citizens of Argentina, Brazil, China, Jordan, the Vatican and other countries.

rescue work

-January 14

January 15

The Haitian Red Cross estimated that day that between 45,000 and 50,000 people died in the earthquake.

The delivery of aid to Haiti continued to be difficult. Residents of Port-au-Prince reported that they did not yet see any real help, despite information on the radio about its receipt.

To disassemble the rubble, the US armed forces were sent to the crash site: 3,500 soldiers and 2,200 marines.

US President Barack Obama has pledged $100 million to help Haiti.

January 16

Rescuers managed to extract dozens of people from under the rubble, but the bodies of tens of thousands of people can be found under the rubble.

January 17

January 18

The EU has announced that it will provide about 600 million euros in aid to Haiti.

January 19

The only trade that exists here is looting.
Everything is used as a weapon - a saw, a stick and, of course, all sorts of machetes and firearms that are worn under clothes.
The patience of the people is running out, and all the components of violence are evident: a full city of desperate people, while the presence of a significant criminal element, as well as the tradition of violence. Seen in this light, the outlook for Haiti looks bleak.

The search for survivors under the rubble continues. A UN spokeswoman said 90 people had been rescued since the quake. According to her, there is still hope to save people from the rubble, which is facilitated by the warm climate, the main danger for those in the rubble is dehydration.

Many countries intend to facilitate and expedite the process of adopting orphans from Haiti for their citizens. Even before the earthquake, there were about 380,000 orphans in Haiti. .

On January 19, a special charity music CD " Music for Relief: Download to Donate for Haiti"With songs by artists such as: Alanis Morissette, The All-American Rejects, Dave Matthews Band, Enrique Iglesias, Hoobastank, Kenna, Linkin Park, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Gabriel, Slash.

Charity telethon in favor of the victims

Also, more than 110 celebrities communicated live on the phone with callers. Among them are Ben Affleck , Jennifer Aniston , Penelope Cruz , Robert De Niro , Leonardo DiCaprio , Mel Gibson , Tom Hanks , Julia Roberts , Ringo Starr and many others .

This show was broadcast almost all over the world:

Internet: YouTube, CNN.com Live, Bebo, etc.
North America: USA (on 32 channels simultaneously (including comedy Central and Weather Channel), not counting Internet broadcasts), Canada (on 7 channels)
Latin America (12 TV channels)
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium (on 4 channels), France (on 2 channels), Germany (on 4 channels), Ireland (on 9 channels), Italy, Netherlands (on 7 channels), Portugal, United Kingdom (on 8 channels)
Scandinavia: Denmark (on 2 channels), Finland, Norway (on 3 channels), Sweden (on 5 channels)
Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Georgia (on Imedi and Rustavi 2 channels), Russia (on MTV Russia channel), Czech Republic, Hungary (on 3 channels), Macedonia (on 4 channels), Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Asia: Hong Kong (on 2 channels), India, Indonesia, Israel (on 5 channels), Turkey (on 4 channels)

March 31

On March 31, donor countries and international charitable organizations decided to allocate $9.9 billion to rebuild earthquake-hit Haiti. In the next 24 months, $5.3 billion of these funds will be allocated to Haiti. About 50 countries have expressed their readiness to allocate $9.9 billion "over the next three years and beyond." This amount is more than twice the amount of necessary assistance, announced by the government of the island nation. The Haitian authorities have previously stated that they expect to receive $3.8 billion from donors over the next two years.

Role of amateur radio

With the destruction of the infrastructure necessary for the functioning of traditional means of communication, amateur radio communications provided invaluable assistance in coordinating rescue operations in Haiti.

Notes

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Major earthquake in Haiti. Final assessment of earthquake damage

Effects

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rescue work

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January 15

January 16

January 17

January 18

January 19

Charity telethon in favor of the victims

March 31

Role of amateur radio

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rescue work

-January 14

January 15

January 16

January 17

January 18

January 19

Charity telethon in favor of the victims

March 31

Role of amateur radio

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