More than 100 thousand people feared dead in massive earthquake disaster in Haiti. The atmosphere in the country's truly awful. The capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince in ruins.
The number of casualties is difficult to ascertain. But the Prime Minister (PM) Haiti Jean-Max Bellerive said on CNN, Thursday (14 / 1), the death toll could be over 100 thousand people.
By the earthquake, buildings, hotels, hospitals, schools, houses and other buildings razed to the ground now. Many of the victims buried under rubble. Even the bodies were strewn in the streets. Such as reported by AFP on Thursday (14 / 1).
Unlike the PM Haiti, Haitian President René Préval said the death toll could reach about 50 thousand people. He said, many buildings were destroyed rocked by an earthquake. "Parliament has collapsed. Tax office collapsed. Collapsed schools. Hospital-hospital collapsed, "said Preval told CNN.
As a result of an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale, thousands of people still missing. Even now there are fears of impending criminal action. Because according to the United Nations (UN), the main prison Haiti has collapsed due to earthquake. As a result, the prisoners escape. Following the devastating earthquake, more than 30 aftershocks felt in Port-au-Prince. Haiti's capital city inhabited by more than 2 million people, most of whom live in poverty.
14 United Nations staff in Haiti reported killed and 56 seriously injured by an earthquake measuring 7 SR which destabilize the country. Meanwhile, 150 other staff are still listed as missing. The statement was made head of the UN Department of Field Support, Susana Malcorra, as quoted by Reuters on Thursday (14 / 1).
According to Susana, the victim is a staff of the UN mission in Haiti (Minustah). Until now, he said, there are about 150 people who still sought. However, the Head of the UN Department of Peace, Alain Leroy said the deaths of UN staff that can not be confirmed to the President of Haiti René Préval. "We can not confirm the report," he said.
However, Leroy added, Minustah Office mighty crash was caused by the earthquake. There are no official data about the size of the quake casualties Haiti. It is feared, thousands of people were killed tertimbung ruins. The earthquake destroyed many buildings in Port-au-Prince Haiti, including the Presidential Palace.
In contrast, Haiti president René Préval said, the leader of the UN mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, is one of the victims of UN staff who died in the earthquake in his country. "Ambassador Annabi died. We extend our sympathy and condolences to all the international community, "said Preval told reporters in Port-au-Prince. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said earlier that he could not confirm the report Annabi has died.
Obama Tell All Rescue Efforts in Haiti
President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama promised to exert all efforts to rescue and humanitarian aid to help the people of Haiti who was rocked by powerful earthquake.
President Obama affirmed the U.S. commitment to help Haiti during these difficult times. "We have to be there for them when they need," Obama said as quoted by AFP news agency on Thursday (14 / 1).
Obama's behest, the U.S. military began to deploy ships, helicopters, transport aircraft and U.S. personnel to assist rescue efforts in Haiti.
It said General Douglas Fraser, chairman of the U.S.. Southern Command, 2 thousand Marines will also arrive in Haiti in recent days to help the distribution of emergency aid or maintaining security in the country with the UN.
Around 100 thousand people feared dead in massive earthquake that shook Haiti. Until now, thousands of people still missing after an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale is. The earthquake was the terdahsyat in Haiti within the last 200 years.
International and humanitarian agencies are also rushing to give aid to Haiti ravaged rocked by powerful earthquake.
World Health Organization (WHO) sent personnel to help clean up Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital from the victims bodies. International Red Cross sends most of the plane containing a body bag.
From France, 65 personnel cleaning the debris and 6 dogs sent to Haiti. Meanwhile the Spanish government put three aircraft carrying rescuers and 100 tons of tents, blankets and cooking equipment. Such as the AFP news agency reported on Thursday (14 / 1).
The Israeli government sent a special unit of the Army rescuers consisting of doctors and technicians. The U.S. government also sent ships, helicopters, transport aircraft and marines 2 thousand personnel for humanitarian missions to Haiti.
The team of Canadian military has arrived in Haiti to provide assistance. The Canadian government pledged an initial donation of U.S. $ 4.8 million. Meanwhile, China's government pledged U.S. $ 1 million. The European Commission has approved funding of U.S. $ 4.37 million for Haiti. Around 100 thousand people feared killed in the earthquake that shook Haiti. An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale is the terdahsyat in Haiti over the past 200 years.
Haiti's Earthquake Predicted
The earthquake that shook Haiti was already predicted long ago by scientists. According to them, the island of Hispaniola, which Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the space is a vulnerable area affected by the earthquake. Five scientists showed a newspaper article that carried stories about the Caribbean Geological Conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Conference held in March 2008 discusses the issue of "major seismic hazards" that may well hit Hispaniola, the island especially the southern region. Prediction and statistics is finally really happening Tuesday (12 / 1) or local time yesterday pm. This time an earthquake comes from the ranks of the same friction zone.
The experts call this area as a zone of Enriquillo-Plaintain. "We are very sorry about this disaster," said columnist and a senior researcher from the University of Texas' Institute for Geophysics, Paul Mann. He added that during the relevant zone never showed movement.
"Zone never moved at all for hundreds of years," he said on Tuesday morning local time. For this reason, scientists quite difficult to predict when will these plates will shift. "Haiti is one of the active region in the world seismikal," said a geologist, Jian Lin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Epicenter of the earthquake and Haiti on Tuesday was 16 km south of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
2 Workers Hotel from Indonesia Reported Good
Two Indonesian Citizen (WNI) reportedly survived the disaster magnitude 7 earthquake that shook Haiti SR. They are working in a hotel.
"I had just talked to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia (PTRI) in New York is to cover Haiti, there is information there that 2 of our citizens safe," said Spokesman Foreign Ministry Teuku Faizasyah AFP when contacted on Thursday (14 / 1 ).
According to Faizasyah, two Indonesians were working at a hotel in Haiti. "However, it was just preliminary information. PTRI will be delivered in writing reports, "he said. Told him, is not known how many Indonesians residing in Haiti. Because, so far there is no representative of Indonesia in the country located in the Caribbean sea. "We're waiting for further information. Present conditions there is not yet in a stable condition, "he said.
