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

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


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


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


A view of the city shows much destruction after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shortly before 5 p.m. on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)


This photo was taken on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the release of the Philippine United Nations representative, a total of 10 members of the Philippine peacekeeping mission were working for the UN Stabilization of the Situation in Haiti (MINUSTAH), assisting with search and rescue efforts at the collapsed UN headquarters in Port au-Prince, where several staff and peacekeepers, including three from the Philippines, remain trapped more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck the capital. (AP Photo/United Nations, Marco Dormino)


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


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


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


A man covers the body of his colleague pulled from the ruins of a destroyed house after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince on 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 are found in the trunk of a car after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince on 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 and carefully examines lifeless bodies that were piled outside a morgue in Port-au-Prince on January 14, 2010, after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents look at destroyed buildings after an earthquake in the capital Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. The number of victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti could be tens of thousands of people, President Rene Preval said on Wednesday, the day after the earthquake, that schools, hospitals and homes were destroyed. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Photo taken on January 14, 2010 by the United Nations during one of the flights, slums 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 rubble 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 severely destroyed homes, hotels and hospitals, leaving the capital in ruins and corpses lying in the streets everywhere. . Thousands of people are missing, terrified survivors in tattered clothes wander through the rubble, and more than 30 aftershocks have devastated the decrepit capital, home to more than two million people, mostly in poverty.

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

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2010 Haiti earthquake- a major earthquake on the island of Haiti, which occurred on January 12 at 16:53 local time (UTC-5). The epicenter was 22 km southwest of the capital of the Republic of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, the hypocenter at a depth of 13 km. After the main shock of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale, many aftershocks were recorded, including 15 aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.

The earthquake in Haiti was the result of crustal movements in the contact zone of the Caribbean and North American lithospheric plates. The last time an earthquake of such destructive force occurred in Haiti was in 1751.

According to official data, as of February 10, 2010, the death toll was 230 thousand people, and 193,891 were injured (as of January 23, 2010). It is estimated that the number of victims may exceed this number.

Consequences

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.

Aerial photography shows the capital, Port-au-Prince (population 2.5 million), devastated by the earthquake, but the rest of the country suffered little damage.

13th of January

According to a statement by Haitian President Rene Préval on January 13, the estimated death toll is 30 thousand people. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said the total death toll could exceed one hundred thousand. Some sources cite the figure as half a million people.

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

Among the dead was the organizer of many charitable programs for disadvantaged children, Brazilian pediatrician Zilda Arns. Also killed were Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Joseph Serge Miot, Haitian Justice Minister Paul Denis and opposition leader Michel Gaillard

Casualties were reported among citizens of Argentina, Brazil, China, Jordan, the Vatican and other countries.

The city's water pipelines have been destroyed and there are problems with access to fresh water. The roads are blocked by rubble. Cases of looting have been recorded in the city. The corpses of the dead are piled on sidewalks and roadsides and taken by truck to the central hospital, where 1,500 corpses have accumulated at the morgue. The prison building was damaged and prisoners fled.

Rescue work

-January 14

After the earthquake, only the Argentine field hospital under the UN mission continued to operate. 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 are flown by helicopter to Santo Domingo, the capital of the neighboring Dominican Republic. In the absence of heavy equipment, people are trying to clear the rubble with their hands and improvised means.

According to a BBC correspondent at the scene, in one of the hospitals and next to it there are more than a hundred corpses piled right in the corridors, which creates an unbearable smell. Directly there, many wounded people have accumulated, waiting for help, a handful of doctors are trying to help them. People with severe injuries wait for their turn for hours without receiving any first aid, including children.

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

The arrival of cargo and rescue teams is hampered by the fact that the airport cannot cope with the large number of arriving aircraft, and there is not enough fuel to refuel them. The port facilities of Port-au-Prince were heavily damaged by the earthquake and unloading of ships is complicated. The country's roads are damaged by rubble and filled with refugees. The time in which it is still possible to extract victims from the rubble is running out.

January 15

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

Delivering aid to Haiti remains difficult. Residents of Port-au-Prince report that they have not yet seen any real help, despite information on the radio about its arrival.

To clear the rubble, the US armed forces were sent to the scene of the disaster: 3,500 soldiers and 2,200 marines.

In the morning, Moscow time, the last plane carrying Russian rescuers landed in the Dominican Republic. As of 17:32, their transfer to Port-au-Prince has not yet been completed. After some time, they pulled out two people from under the rubble - a man and a woman. Both mobile and landline communications are intermittent on the island, there is no electricity, and there are problems with coordinating the actions of the authorities.

According to a BBC correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haitians who survived the earthquake are dying en masse from an acute lack of clean water, food, medicine and medical care. So many bodies of the dead accumulated on the streets that bulldozers began to remove them. There is a growing feeling of anger and despair among local residents. 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, city residents are trying to clear away the rubble with their hands. Repeated tremors of low magnitude occurred; people are afraid to enter the remaining houses and spend the night on the street.

According to the country's president, 7,000 corpses were buried in mass graves. There are reports that in some places, residents who are not receiving assistance are creating roadblocks with corpses in protest.

More planes want to land at the airport than ground services can handle and relieve. UN food warehouses in the city were looted. Representatives of the Brazilian army offered to provide security for the convoys with help to avoid their looting.

US President Barack Obama pledged $100 million in aid to Haiti.

The disaster also forced Cuba and the United States to compromise. American authorities have received permission from Cuba to allow military transport planes to fly through its territory to evacuate earthquake survivors, which shortens the route between the United States and Haiti by an hour and a half.

January 16

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

Haiti's interior minister said that about 50,000 bodies had already been buried and that the total death toll could be "between 100 and 200 thousand people." It is estimated that between 30% and 50% of buildings in the capital were destroyed. Armed looters appeared in the city, and 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 unable to do this die right on the street from lack of water, food and from wounds. The US Army refused to drop food and water packages from the air, as it believed this could lead to unrest.

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

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

Distribution of aid and rescue efforts continue to be complicated by blockages on the roads, problems with communications, power supply, 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 will be able to remain 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.

January 17

5 people were rescued from the rubble. There are still problems getting aid to those in need. Just a mile from the airport, in a nursing home, people are reported to be dying of hunger 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. He is simply thrown into the crowd. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Haiti. He visited the earthquake survivors' camp near the presidential palace. The crowd greeted him with shouts of “Where is the food?” and “Where is the help?” Cases of looting continue in the city. Two looters were killed by the police.

Brazil, France and charities accuse the US of preventing the US military from allowing aid and rescue planes to land after taking control of the airport in Port-au-Prince. Planes circle the airport for hours or are diverted to the Dominican Republic. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of a “hidden occupation” of Haiti. In his opinion, the United States should send not troops to the country, but aid and hospitals.

January 18

The EU announced it would provide Haiti with about 600 million euros in aid.

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

About 70,000 of those killed in the earthquake have already been buried. In Port-au-Prince, riots and incidents of looting continue, the population is deprived of the most necessary things. US and UN troops dispersed Haitians crowded at the airport gates using rubber batons.

International charities say Haitians continue to die as rescue efforts are poorly organized and chaos reigns on the ground. The Americans, in particular, are blamed for the current situation. Hundreds of preventable deaths could result from poor management and safety issues.

The situation with food and medicine is becoming more and more tense. For food and gasoline, people line up in lines of many kilometers, in which they are ready to tear each other to pieces. New drugs are delivered very slowly. The corpses are left literally 200 meters from hospitals so that they cannot be seen, but the smell of corpse decomposition cannot be hidden.

January 19

The US Army has begun dropping containers of water and food from military aircraft, despite having previously balked at such tactics for fear it would cause unrest. Military aircraft reportedly dropped 14,000 meals and 15,000 liters of water northeast of Port-Au-Prince. The US Army is set to continue dropping aid containers in various areas of Haiti. US paratroopers took control of the area of ​​the presidential palace in Port-O-Perence. French minister Alain Joindet said the US was “occupying” Haiti and demanded the UN clarify US powers. US forces spokesman Colonel Kane said that this was not an invasion, but a rescue operation.

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

There are still reports of security problems. However, one Western doctor working at Port-Au-Prince's central hospital said there were absolutely no security concerns and that false and rumor-based reports about the possibility of looting and riots were only slowing down care. In his opinion, false reports of security problems are caused by racism. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended that the Security Council send another 3.5 thousand peacekeepers to Haiti to assist police and troops in the fight against looters. Theft and robbery have reached unprecedented levels:

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. People's patience is running out, but all the ingredients of violence are there: a city full of desperate people, along with the presence of a significant criminal element, as well as a tradition of violence. In this light, Haiti's prospects look alarming. If the anarchy continues, American troops will be forced to patrol the streets, and their rescue mission will look increasingly like a full-scale military operation. Matt Fry, BBC correspondent

The search for survivors under the rubble continues. A UN spokeswoman said 90 people had been rescued since the earthquake. 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 make it easier and faster for their citizens to adopt Haitian orphans. Even before the earthquake, there were about 380,000 orphans in Haiti. .

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

January 22

Also, more than 110 celebrities communicated live over the phone with callers. Among them

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

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

Consequences

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 country's capital, Port-au-Prince (population 2.5 million), was devastated by the earthquake; the rest of the country suffered little damage.

13th of January

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 one hundred thousand. Some sources cited a figure of half a million people.

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

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

Water pipelines in the city were destroyed, and there were problems with access to fresh water. The roads were blocked by rubble. Cases of looting were recorded in the city. The corpses of the dead were piled on the sidewalks and roadsides and transported by truck to the central hospital, where 1,500 corpses had accumulated at the morgue. The prison building was damaged and prisoners fled.

Rescue work

-January 14

After the earthquake, only the Argentine field hospital under the UN mission continued to operate. 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 clear the rubble with their hands and improvised means.

According to a BBC correspondent who was at 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. Directly there, many wounded people had accumulated, waiting for help, and a handful of doctors tried to help them. People with severe injuries waited for their turn for hours without receiving any first aid, including children.

The arrival of cargo and rescue teams was hampered by the fact that the airport could not cope with the large number of arriving aircraft, and there was also not enough fuel to refuel them. Port-au-Prince's port facilities were heavily damaged by the earthquake, making it difficult to unload ships. The country's roads were damaged by rubble and 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 expiring.

January 15

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

Delivery of aid to Haiti continued to be difficult. Residents of Port-au-Prince reported that they had not yet seen any real help, despite information on the radio about its arrival.

To clear the rubble, the US armed forces were sent to the scene of the disaster: 3,500 soldiers and 2,200 marines.

In the morning, Moscow time, the last plane carrying Russian rescuers landed in the Dominican Republic. After some time, they pulled out two people from under the rubble - a man and a woman. Both cellular and wired communications are intermittent on the island, there is no electricity, and there are problems with coordinating the actions of the authorities.

According to a BBC correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haitians who survived the earthquake were dying en masse from an acute lack of clean water, food, medicine and medical care. So many bodies of the dead accumulated on the streets that bulldozers began to remove them. There was a growing feeling of anger and despair among local residents. 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, city residents are trying to clear away the rubble with their hands. Repeated tremors of low magnitude occurred; people are afraid to enter the remaining houses and spend the night on the street.

According to the country's president, 7,000 corpses were buried in mass graves. There have been reports that in some places, residents who are not receiving assistance are creating roadblocks with corpses in protest.

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

US President Barack Obama pledged $100 million in aid to Haiti.

The disaster also forced Cuba and the United States to compromise. American authorities have received permission from Cuba to allow military transport planes to fly through its territory to evacuate earthquake survivors, which shortens the route between the United States and Haiti by an hour and a half.

January 16

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

Haiti's interior minister said about 50,000 bodies had already been buried and that the total death toll could be "between 100 and 200 thousand." It is estimated that between 30% and 50% of buildings in the capital were destroyed. Armed looters appeared in the city, and 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 unable to do this die right on the street from lack of water, food and from wounds. The US Army refused to drop food and water packages from the air, as it believed this could lead to unrest.

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

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

Distribution of aid and rescue efforts continue to be complicated by blockages on the roads, problems with communications, power supply, 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 will be able to remain 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.

January 17

5 people were rescued from the rubble. There are still problems getting aid to those in need. Just a mile from the airport, in a nursing home, people are reported to be dying of hunger 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. He is simply thrown into the crowd. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Haiti. He visited the earthquake survivors' camp near the presidential palace. The crowd greeted him with shouts of “Where is the food?” and “Where is the help?” Cases of looting continue in the city. Two looters were killed by the police.

Brazil, France and charities accuse the US of preventing the US military from allowing aid and rescue planes to land after taking control of the airport in Port-au-Prince. Planes circle the airport for hours or are diverted to the Dominican Republic. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of a “hidden occupation” of Haiti. In his opinion, the United States should send not troops to the country, but aid and hospitals.

January 18

The EU announced it would provide Haiti with about 600 million euros in aid.

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

About 70,000 of those killed in the earthquake have already been buried. In Port-au-Prince, riots and incidents of looting continue, the population is deprived of the most necessary things. US and UN troops dispersed Haitians crowded at the airport gates using rubber batons.

International charities say Haitians continue to die as rescue efforts are poorly organized and chaos reigns on the ground. The Americans, in particular, are blamed for the current situation. Hundreds of preventable deaths could result from poor management and safety issues.

The situation with food and medicine is becoming more and more tense. For food and gasoline, people line up in lines of many kilometers, in which they are ready to tear each other to pieces. New drugs are delivered very slowly. The corpses are left literally 200 meters from hospitals so that they cannot be seen, but the smell of corpse decomposition cannot be hidden.

January 19

The US Army has begun dropping containers of water and food from military aircraft, despite having previously balked at such tactics for fear it would cause unrest. Military aircraft reportedly dropped 14,000 meals and 15,000 liters of water northeast of Port-Au-Prince. The US Army is set to continue dropping aid containers in various areas of Haiti. US paratroopers took control of the area of ​​the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. French minister Alain Joindet said the US was "occupying" Haiti and demanded the UN clarify US powers. US forces spokesman Colonel Kane said that this was not an invasion, but a rescue operation.

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

Security problems continue to be reported. But one Western doctor working at Port-Au-Prince's central hospital said there were absolutely no security concerns and that false and rumor-based reports about the possibility of looting and rioting were only slowing down care. In his opinion, false reports of security problems are caused by racism. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended that the Security Council send another 3.5 thousand peacekeepers to Haiti to assist police and troops in the fight against looters. Theft and robbery have reached unprecedented levels:

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.

People's patience is running out, but all the ingredients of violence are there: a city full of desperate people, along with the presence of a significant criminal element, as well as a tradition of violence. In this light, Haiti's prospects look alarming.

The search for survivors under the rubble continues. A UN spokeswoman said 90 people had been rescued since the earthquake. 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 make it easier and faster for their citizens to adopt Haitian orphans. Even before the earthquake, there were about 380,000 orphans in Haiti. .

On January 19, a special charity music disc “ Music for Relief: Download to Donate for Haiti"with songs by such artists 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 victims

Also, more than 110 celebrities communicated live over the phone with callers. These include 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 the Weather Channel), not counting Internet broadcasting), 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, UK (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 charities decided to allocate $9.9 billion for the reconstruction of earthquake-stricken 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. Haitian authorities previously said they expect to receive $3.8 billion from donors over the next two years.

The 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 efforts in Haiti.

see also

Notes

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4. Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION Archived January 15, 2010.
5. Romero, Simon, Robbins, Liz. Quake Rocks Haiti, Causing Widespread Damage, The New York Times(12 January 2010). Retrieved January 13, 2010.
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9. The number of victims in Haiti may exceed one hundred thousand (undefined) . BBC Russian Service (January 13, 2010). Retrieved February 16, 2010. Archived April 15, 2012.
10. The death toll of UN employees in Haiti has risen to 49, RIA Novosti (January 20, 2010).
11. Caribbean shock Archived copy from January 24, 2010 on the Wayback Machine New Izvestia
12. Haiti Earthquake, the Day After from UN Dispatch Archived January 17, 2010.
13. The head of the country's Catholics was killed in an earthquake in Haiti.
14. Boschafter: Mehrere Minister unter den Toten (German)
15. Bodies pile up as Haiti rescuers struggle Independent 14/1/2010
16. Only one hospital still active in Haiti
17. BBC
18. Israeli assistance in overcoming the consequences of the earthquake in Haiti
19. Relief effort intensifies in quake-hit Haiti
20. Haiti Relief Effort Faces ‘Major Challenge’ New York Times 1/14/2010
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22. Obama promised large-scale rescue operation in Haiti, BBC Russian Service (January 15, 2010).

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Adam Robinson

US Vice Admiral

A devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale occurred in Haiti on January 12 at 16:53 local time (UTC-5). Its epicenter was located 22 km southwest of the capital of the Republic of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and the hypocenter was at a depth of about 13 km. The source of the earthquake was confined to the contact zone of the Caribbean and North American lithospheric plates. After the main shock, many aftershocks were recorded, including 15 aftershocks with M>5.

The last time an earthquake of such destructive force occurred in Haiti was in 1751.

In the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, thousands of residential buildings were destroyed and significantly damaged. The total number of victims of the earthquake, including dead, injured and those who lost their homes, reached 3 million. According to the official UN count, as of February 26, the death toll was 112,250.

The fact that Haiti is the poorest state in the western hemisphere of the planet and one of the poorest countries in the world, where up to 80% of its population lives below the poverty line, determined the scale of human losses. Failure to comply with earthquake-resistant construction standards, failure to take into account seismic hazards and soil characteristics during the development of the territory of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, determined the damaging effect of the earthquake.

Panel concrete multi-storey buildings were built like houses of cards and became mass graves for their inhabitants. “Garbage” houses, built from low-quality building materials, were swept away by tremors like dust.

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 destroyed. The communication system and transport communications have been disrupted, and Internet access has ceased. The public administration system, which was not particularly efficient even before the earthquake, practically ceased to function.

In a short time, more than 40 international rescue teams began working on the ruins of Port-au-Prince and its environs. Their number was unprecedented - about 1.8 thousand people. However, search teams managed to rescue only about 120 people from the rubble.

Every life is valuable, but compared to the scale of the tragedy, only a small fraction of the people trapped in the rubble were saved. , this is evidence of the country’s authorities’ absolute disregard for the seismic danger. The excuse of poverty is inappropriate here; it is a consequence, not the cause, of ineffective leadership of the country.

The large number of victims caused serious problems in organizing rescue operations and providing the most basic necessities to the surviving people. At first, there was an acute shortage of clean water, food and medicine. So many bodies of the dead accumulated on the streets that bulldozers began to remove them. There were cases of mass looting.

Considerable casualties among the survivors, given the lack of an effective government apparatus in Haiti, were avoided only thanks to the prompt assistance of the United States. Their troops launched a large-scale Operation Unified Response to deliver humanitarian supplies to the affected population. American troops were landed from helicopters in the area of ​​the presidential palace. He took control of a nearby hospital and the remains of the country's central government structure. The military ensured order in the areas where medicines and food were delivered. They took control of four airports, and the US Coast Guard restored the port of Port-au-Prince to receive humanitarian supplies.

The US Navy hospital ship Comfort was sent to Haiti. Thanks to its equipment: 12 operating rooms, 80 beds in intensive care wards, 400 beds for moderately ill patients and 500 for patients with minor injuries. As with , he was very effective in helping those affected in Haiti.

Haitians living in other countries used social networks (such as Twitter or Facebook) to find out the fate of their loved ones. And some Haitians used them to publish photographs from the disaster sites.

A native of Haiti, American singer Wycliffe Jean appealed to the online community to donate funds to help earthquake victims. With the help of the Ambulance company, he created a special fund, which raised 750 thousand dollars in 24 hours. And the board of the American Red Cross reported that using SMS for victims in Haiti, about $3 million was collected in just one day. To deposit $10, you had to send an SMS to the number 90999 and type the word “Haiti.” The amount was automatically included in the telephone bill, and the service was provided by mGive. Donations were accepted on the Yele and Help Haiti websites.

The World Bank has announced that it will not require Haiti to pay its debt for five years and will try to write off its $38 million debt. The governments of the Paris Club of creditors (including Britain, Germany, the United States and France) have called on other countries to follow their example and cancel the debts of Haiti (its largest creditors are Venezuela and Taiwan).

The amount of aid to Haiti devastated by the earthquake amounted to $2.02 billion by March. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs website, $1.19 billion of this amount is aid provided to Haiti by other states, humanitarian organizations, companies and individuals. The island should receive another 830 million dollars.

Meanwhile, Haitian authorities have asked the international community for $11.5 billion for post-earthquake reconstruction. International humanitarian organizations are involved in drawing up the plan, called “Preliminary Assessment of Damage and Need.”

The plan is due to be presented to donors at a major conference on Haiti, scheduled for March 31, 2010. The document says the main short-term challenge is preparing people displaced by the storm for April's heavy rains and the hurricane season that begins in June.

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At 16:53 local time on January 12, 2010, the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, was shaken by two powerful aftershocks of magnitude 7.0, followed by subsequent tremors of magnitude 5.9. The epicenter of the shock was located at a depth of 30 meters, 16 km from the city.

In total, about 30 tremors were counted, after which the capital was virtually destroyed. Port-au-Prince was immediately deprived of electricity and telephone communications. About 3 million people sought shelter and were in need of medical care, food and drinking water. More than half of the city's buildings collapsed, including hotels, hospitals, schools, the presidential palace, the UN headquarters, and partly a prison building.

Port-au-Prince was a fairly crime-prone area even before the earthquake, but after the underground storm and in the absence of basic necessities, people began to loot. In addition, prisoners who managed to escape from prison joined the army of armed marauders. International police did not guarantee the safety of rescuers who remained to work at night. As always, in such natural disasters, there was a threat of epidemics due to the many corpses on the roads and the lack of fresh water.

Port-au-Prince is one of the poorest countries in the world. There was no organized fire brigade or rescue service prepared here. In fact, the country has not yet recovered from the consequences of the 2009 hurricane. Throughout the existence of the state, it has been plagued by various natural disasters, which is why international missions have been created in Haiti to organize humanitarian assistance and law and order in the country.

According to official figures, about 150,000 people died, although the authorities previously stipulated that the number of victims could be up to 200,000 people. More than 250,000 citizens were injured. About a million were left homeless. The constant seismic threat, the large population, coupled with dilapidated housing and the country's poverty may lead to even greater casualties in the future.

It took about $4 billion to rebuild the country, but Haiti received much less. Countries included in the G20, as well as Norway, China, Venezuela and others, rushed to provide material assistance. The UN, WEF, Clinton Global Initiative, and the Red Cross instantly responded to the call for help. Madonna herself also made her charitable contribution to helping the people of Haiti ($250,000), who called on her fans to do the same.

Her example was followed by B. Pitt and A. Jolie ($1 million), chansonnier C. Aznavour and many musicians from France and Africa. There are rumors among the people that the government had information about the approaching natural disaster, but warned only rich areas about it, prudently closing all children's educational institutions there.

Hugo Chavez suggested that such a disaster is connected with the testing of secret geological weapons by the American authorities, which they intend to use against Iran. Experts firmly believe that the cause of the earthquake was the movement of tectonic plates - the Caribbean and North American. On the Internet you can watch a 30-second video about the deplorable state of the city after the devastating earthquake.