More than 100,000 bodies have been buried in mass graves but that may be less than a third of the ultimate death toll from the massive earthquake that destroyed Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas. Officials are now estimating the deathtoll to be at around 300,000 once all of the bodies have been found and the diseases stemming from conditions on the ground prove to be even more catastrophic than the quake.

With so much of the country in rubble, officials cannot give a good estimate of how many people have died (the estimate had previously ...continue reading]]>

More than 100,000 bodies have been buried in mass graves but that may be less than a third of the ultimate death toll from the massive earthquake that destroyed Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas. Officials are now estimating the deathtoll to be at around 300,000 once all of the bodies have been found and the diseases stemming from conditions on the ground prove to be even more catastrophic than the quake.

With so much of the country in rubble, officials cannot give a good estimate of how many people have died (the estimate had previously been 100,000 and 200,000), especially since little attention has come to areas around Port-au-Prince that were hit directly by the first earthquake as well as the strong aftershock earthquakes that followed.

Meanwhile, donations for Haiti have continued to come in strong but we need to keep helping the country because the hardest part of recovery is still ahead. On Friday, countless celebrities gathered to raise money for the disaster struck country and have reportedly raised over $55 million. If you missed the telethon, you can still donate at https://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/Default.asp.

Official estimates now state that at least 200,000 people have died because of last week’s earthquake and many are estimating the the ultimate death toll will be closer to 500,000 or nearly 5 percent of Haiti’s 10+ million residents.

Though it is still unknown how many people died in the earthquake as relief crews continued to work twenty-four hour days to clean through the rubble and find anyone dead or still somehow living, the damage caused by the earthquake has left countless people without access to clean water or medical supplies.

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Official estimates now state that at least 200,000 people have died because of last week’s earthquake and many are estimating the the ultimate death toll will be closer to 500,000 or nearly 5 percent of Haiti’s 10+ million residents.

Though it is still unknown how many people died in the earthquake as relief crews continued to work twenty-four hour days to clean through the rubble and find anyone dead or still somehow living, the damage caused by the earthquake has left countless people without access to clean water or medical supplies.

Many are urging a complete evacuation of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, biggest city, and the area hit almost directly by the earthquake because of fears of infections and diseases spreading throughout the ruins of a city that once housed three million people.

The Air Force has evacuated thousands of victims of the earthquake into Florida to be able to assist them but obviously could not bring many more people into its own shores and plans need to be drawn out to prevent an even worse catastrophe as three million people are currently at risk for infections.

The United States has sent over troops to help with the relief unit on top of the $100+ million in aid which prompted the French to call what the United States is doing in Haiti an occupation.