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Death toll estimates range from 100,000 [5] to about 160,000 [7] to Haitian government figures from 220,000 [12] [13] to 316,000, [5] although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. [6] The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. [14]
Widespread tsunami warnings were issued throughout the Caribbean, with waves up to 3 to 10 feet (1–3 metres) high initially expected to hit Port au Prince. [1] [36] The tsunami warning was later rescinded. [36] The tsunami only reached 3 cm (0.098 ft) in height in that location. [1]
The quake left behind significant damage. Tsunami warnings were immediately issued as several small tsunami waves struck surrounding areas. An estimated 2,207 people have been confirmed dead, while 344 remain missing, and over 12,000 left injured. It is the strongest earthquake to strike Haiti since 1842.
Disaster is "likely widespread" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Sud region of southern Haiti at 8:29 a.m., local time, on Saturday, sending people into the streets as buildings toppled ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 ...
Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on Tuesday after Tropical Storm... View Article The post Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake ...
2010 Haiti earthquake: Haiti: January 12, 2010: 300,000 [8] ... List of disasters in the United States by death toll; Tsunamis affecting the British Isles; Notes
The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead... View Article The post Death toll from Haiti earthquake rises to more than 700 ...