and from what I know of Haiti’s impoverished economy, I doubt if buildings there have been constructed with earthquake resistance in mind. “They are at risk of further collapse caused by ...

This building was damaged by the 2021 earthquake in Haiti, which killed thousands of people and left more than half a million seeking help.

A destroyed building near the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince is seen on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 after the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti. At first light Wednesday ...

Many of the buildings in Haiti are made of flimsy materials. Buildings like these are quick to collapse in an earthquake but their light weight and low height can give people a relatively good chance ...

But the date January 12, and where she was, are the pinpoint details she clings on to from when the catastrophic Haiti earthquake struck ... Feron said. "The building we were in collapsed on ...

Some American families began the adoption process for their children years ago. But with the violence in the capitol, many ...

Members of Haiti’s new transition government ... the symbol of power even if the once ornate building hasn’t been rebuilt after collapsing in the 2010 earthquake. But on Monday as a delegation ...

1 Department of Social Medicine & Health Inequalities, Brigham & Women's Hospital, FXB Building ... up across Haiti. Provide humanitarian relief in the aftermath of the earthquake, including ...

In 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake – a catastrophe that took hundreds of thousands of lives and destroyed much of its capital city, Port-au-Prince, and neighboring areas.

In a WLRN interview, Transitional Presidential Council member Leslie Voltaire says he's confident Haiti will escape gang rule ...

Therefore when the hazard strikes, they are greatly affected. An example of this is the 2010 Haiti Earthquake that killed over 200,000 people, largely due to weak buildings collapsing.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 ...