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The earthquake escalated the political turmoil in Haiti. [81] President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home on July 7, 2021. [82] [83] Forty four people were arrested in connection to the assassination [83] and Moïse's death left Haiti in political turmoil. [84]
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday has affected about 1.2 million people, 540,000 of them children, UNICEF announced Tuesday, as drenching rains from tropical storm Grace ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 29 people were killed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, and Prime ...
Some of the earthquakes in Haiti have been very destructive to the country. The widespread damage and high-number of casualties of events in 2010 and 2021 can be partially blamed on the fact that most of the population in Haiti resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, in which they are made of stone and concrete.
The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the largest to strike the country since the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake. More than 138,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Les Cayes and Nippes . 2,248 people were killed, 12,763 others were injured and 329 people remained missing.
Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month's magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing. Haiti raises earthquake death toll, passes ...
The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor... View Article The post Death toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to ...
3–4 October: Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti with catastrophic flooding of up to 40 inches and storm surge of up to 10 feet. [18] At least 580 people were killed and more than 35,000 left homeless by the storm. 2018. 6 October: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 11.7km [19] occurred at 20:11 local time killing 12 people and injuring 188.