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arista
14-08-2021, 02:17 PM
Some Deaths already reported.

Been on Skynews for some time
bbc suddenly got it


https://news.sky.com/story/haiti-magnitude-7-earthquake-hits-west-of-country-as-people-flee-their-homes-12381306

[A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7 has
struck western Haiti,
as people fled their homes fearing
that buildings might collapse.
The quake struck 8km (five miles) from the
town of Petit Trou de Nippes,
about 150km (93 miles) west
of the capital Port-au-Prince,
at a depth of 10km,
the US Geological Survey said.
The US Tsunami Warning System said
"hazardous tsunami waves are forecast"
with waves reaching one to three meters above
the tide level possible along the coast of Haiti.]

Cherie
14-08-2021, 02:27 PM
40 dead in floods in Turkey as well, crazy times

arista
14-08-2021, 03:38 PM
Some people are stuck under rubble


Al Jazeera HD

Is showing a video

arista
14-08-2021, 03:41 PM
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/10A2F/production/_119934186_haiti_index.jpg

Crimson Dynamo
14-08-2021, 03:42 PM
Bad news as there is a tropical storm heading their way

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL072021_key_messages+png/145450_key_messages_sm.png

arista
14-08-2021, 05:13 PM
Yes it will be real hard
to save those trapped.

arista
15-08-2021, 06:02 PM
CNN HD have a reporter in Haiti
Death toll now risen to 1,29

Sadly so many died under buildings.

arista
22-08-2021, 03:01 AM
Matt Rivers is Live in Haiti. (CNN HD)

He says some homes of rubble has the smell
of dead bodies.

So still grim there.



Meanwhile:
[A British former firefighter leading a rescue team in Haiti]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-58292726