Official Death Toll in Haiti Rises Over 111,000
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by M.L. Zupan in Feature, Hot Topics, Video, World
Over 111,000 have been confirmed dead from the 7.0 earthquake that rocked Haiti just over a week ago according to an official government figure released by the United Nations.
Over 600,000 people have been left homeless in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In order to get a better understanding of what that means we have compared it to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City has an official population of 444,719 people. Over 25% of the people would be dead and the entire population would be without homes and still the numbers can’t compare.
No Food, No Water, No Electricity, No Shelter
The basic things that we take for granted – they have none. Not since the tsunami in Asia in 2004 has there been a natural disaster of this magnitude.
A Glimmer of Hope!
Haiti Response: “You Are Not Alone”
After more than of week of herculean effort – relief aid is finally starting to arrive in quantities that will begin to do some good. Efforts had been blocked by the destruction in the port and at the airport. Little more than a few flights a day were able to arrive and take-off jamming the small airport. Military personnel and have been working round-the-clock to open the port. Now, Port-au-Prince is able to receive between 120-140 flights per day at their single-runway airport as opposed to 25 flights.
