Haiti Earthquake

this is sadly no joke, as most of you should know yesterday at 6pm local time (5pm est) there was a major earthquake here in the hispaniola island. the epicenter was near Port au Prince, the capital of haiti. the reports are scarce and very little information is comming out. most of what we know her ein the island comes from news stations like CNN however we do get local information from the border and since i am probably the nearest person to the disaster area i am going to start sharing with you guys what i can find and get. hopefuly the death toll is not as high as expected and help comes quick for a country that was already in ruins and is now completely destroyed.

12/01/210

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BBC news

A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti.

The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.

Haiti's worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings.

The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude.

There is still no official word on casualties and the extent of the devastation is only now becoming clearer with dawn breaking.

what is not on the news.

the only large hospital in Port au Prince is rumered to have collapsed and there is no more than basic fisrt aid for survivors.
No power, no phones, no running water in the city. thousands are feared dead and missing.
In the Dominican Republic no casualtis are reported, just some structure damage near the border with Haiti, i have no information about relief from the DR to haiti at the moment. i expect however that some sort of refuge camp will be set soon enough.

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i will try to keep you guys informed, i know people that work at the United Nations here and will keep myself up to date on this and share it with those that care.

if you have a god pray for those people, any help they can get will save lifes.