At least 304 people were killed, more than 1,800 were injured, and hundreds are believed to be missing as a result of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake, authorities said Saturday evening in Polish time. The item has caused serious damage, and a rescue operation is underway. Many countries in the world provide assistance.
Haiti earthquake
The earthquake occurred at 8.29 local time (it was in Poland at 13.29). It had a magnitude of 7.2 and was located 13 kilometers southeast of the city Small piercing of the nipples – Reported by the US Agency United States Geological Survey (USGS). It is located 160 km southwest of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The US Geological Survey reported that the ground shook at a depth of 10 km.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henri tweeted that the quake had caused “significant damage” to the provinces of Grand Anse and Nippes and to the south of the country.
“The death toll has risen to 227. Hundreds of wounded were recorded and people who disappeared without a trace. The first actions of rescuers and civilians allowed many people to withdraw from under the rubble” – wrote the local Civil Defense Agency on Twitter. Earlier, authorities reported 29 dead.
Destroyed homes, schools, and churches
He appealed to the Prime Minister, “I appeal to the spirit of solidarity and the commitment of all Haitians and Haitians to unite in a common front and to confront this tragic situation.” As he added, he goes to the crash site to assess the situation.
The Prime Minister declared a state of emergency that will last for a month. He said in a press conference that he had not yet requested foreign aid, as the extent of the damage was not yet known.
The earthquake was felt all over the country, and great material losses were recorded in many cities. Homes, schools and churches were destroyed.
Great devastation occurred in Jeremy, a city of over 200,000, in southwest Haiti. In the middle, the old two-storey houses were destroyed, and the cathedral’s roof was torn off. Videos posted online showed the ruins of various buildings, including the church in Les Angles, 200 kilometers southwest of the capital, where Saturday mass was held.
The public hospital in Les Cayes is overcrowded. Many wounded. Many homes in Le Cai have collapsed. Including the hotel.
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He also felt the shocks in Jamaica. – This woke me up. A resident of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, said my roof was making some noise.
Haitian authorities issued a tsunami warning, which was quickly dismissed.
The White House said that US President Joe Biden offered Haiti to help his country. A White House official told reporters that the president “immediately responded and directed USAID Administrator Samantha Powers to coordinate the matter.”
PSP announces help
The state fire service announced on Saturday assistance to Haiti.
“In connection with the earthquake in Haiti, the Commander-in-Chief of the State Fire Service, Brigadier General Andrei Bartkowiak, has ordered the combat readiness of the search and rescue groups of the State Fire Service operating under the supervision of #USAR POLAND and #MUSAR POLAND. Verified,” PSP announced on Twitter .
Urgent! In connection with the Haiti earthquake, the commander in chief of the PSP nadbryg. Andrzej Bartkowiak ordered to check the combat readiness of the search and rescue groups of the State Fire Service operating in the framework #use Poland and #MUSAR Poland. pic.twitter.com/3zdBABRQoz
State Fire Service (KGPSP) August 14, 2021
“The capital was not destroyed as it happened 11 years ago.”
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, remembered the earthquake of January 12, 2010, which caused massive damage to the capital and other cities. Nearly 300,000 people were killed, and more than 300,000 were injured.
At the time, more than 1.5 million Haitians were left homeless, putting the authorities and the international humanitarian community up for the daunting challenge of rebuilding the country without land records and building codes. Unable to meet this challenge, Haiti, which is also regularly hit by hurricanes, has plunged into a severe social and political crisis over the past ten years.
As I explained on Saturday evening on TVN24 Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart of the Polish Medical Mission, Saturday’s earthquake is stronger than the earthquake that occurred 11 years ago. Its magnitude was about 7. – the luck in this case is that (the earthquake – liberator) occurred about 120 kilometers southwest of the capital, that is, the capital of the country was not destroyed as it was 11 years ago – explained Olasińska-Chart. As she noted, “there should be fewer deaths.”
Saturday’s earthquake occurred more than a month after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the country into political chaos.
The National Hurricane Center expects Tropical Cyclone Grace to make landfall in Haiti Monday night or Tuesday morning.
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