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Mass burials after Haiti quake; aid jams airport
14 Jan 2010 21:58:51 GMT
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By Tom Brown and Andrew Cawthorne
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed into Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.
The Haitian Red Cross said it believed 45,000 to 50,000 people had died and 3 million more -- one third of Haiti's population -- were hurt or left homeless by the major 7.0 magnitude quake that hit its impoverished capital on Tuesday.
The quake flattened buildings across entire hillsides and many people were still trapped alive in the rubble after two days, with little sign of organized rescue efforts. About 1,500 corpses were piled up outside the main hospital and bodies littered many streets.
"We have already buried 7,000 in a mass grave," President Rene Preval said.
Complete story at: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13103860.htm
14 Jan 2010 21:58:51 GMT
<!-- 14 Jan 2010 21:58:51 GMT ## for search indexer, do not remove -->Source: Reuters
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By Tom Brown and Andrew Cawthorne
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed into Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.
The Haitian Red Cross said it believed 45,000 to 50,000 people had died and 3 million more -- one third of Haiti's population -- were hurt or left homeless by the major 7.0 magnitude quake that hit its impoverished capital on Tuesday.
The quake flattened buildings across entire hillsides and many people were still trapped alive in the rubble after two days, with little sign of organized rescue efforts. About 1,500 corpses were piled up outside the main hospital and bodies littered many streets.
"We have already buried 7,000 in a mass grave," President Rene Preval said.
Complete story at: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13103860.htm