Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Haiti Earthquake Timeline.

Timeline of the Haiti disaster as seen by internet.


Haiti Earthquake on Dipity.

 24th Oct 2010 BBC News

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has leapt past 250, officials say.
More than 3,000 people were infected, said Gabriel Thimote, director general of Haiti's health department.


Saturday, 20 February 2010

Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake?

A comparision between the Chinese earthquake of May 2008, Italian earthquake of July 2009 and the devastating earthquake of Haiti Jan 2010, all measured above magnitude 6.0, but had significantly different impacts. This article by the BBC explains these facts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8510900.stm

 

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