frustrating many survivors who sleep in the streets and outdoor camps of tens of
thousands. European Commission analysts estimate 250,000 were injured and 1.5
million were made homeless.
"I simply don't understand what is taking the foreigners so long," said Raymond
Saintfort, a pharmacist who brought two suitcases of aspirin and antiseptics to the
ruins of a nursing home where dozens of residents suffered.
The U.N. humanitarian chief, John Holmes, said not all 15 planned U.N. food
distribution points were up and running yet. The U.N. World Food Program said it
expected to boost operations to feeding 97,000 on Monday. But it needs 100 million
prepared meals over the next 30 days, and it appealed for more government donations.
In one step to reassure frustrated aid groups, the U.S. military agreed to give aid
deliveries priority over military flights at the now-U.S.-run airport here, according to the
WFP. The Americans' handling of civilian flights had angered some humanitarian
officials.
At the airport, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chris Lounderman said about 100 flights a day were
now landing.
Still, the U.S. military resorted to an air drop from C-17 transport planes Monday,
parachuting pallets of supplies to a secured area outside the city rather than landing
and unloading at the airport.
Meanwhile, rescuers continued finding survivors.
International rescue teams working together pulled two
Haitian women from a collapsed university building,
using machinery commonly nicknamed "jaws of life" to
cut away debris and allow rescuers to pull them out on
thousands. European Commission analysts estimate 250,000 were injured and 1.5
million were made homeless.
"I simply don't understand what is taking the foreigners so long," said Raymond
Saintfort, a pharmacist who brought two suitcases of aspirin and antiseptics to the
ruins of a nursing home where dozens of residents suffered.
The U.N. humanitarian chief, John Holmes, said not all 15 planned U.N. food
distribution points were up and running yet. The U.N. World Food Program said it
expected to boost operations to feeding 97,000 on Monday. But it needs 100 million
prepared meals over the next 30 days, and it appealed for more government donations.
In one step to reassure frustrated aid groups, the U.S. military agreed to give aid
deliveries priority over military flights at the now-U.S.-run airport here, according to the
WFP. The Americans' handling of civilian flights had angered some humanitarian
officials.
At the airport, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chris Lounderman said about 100 flights a day were
now landing.
Still, the U.S. military resorted to an air drop from C-17 transport planes Monday,
parachuting pallets of supplies to a secured area outside the city rather than landing
and unloading at the airport.
Meanwhile, rescuers continued finding survivors.
International rescue teams working together pulled two
Haitian women from a collapsed university building,
using machinery commonly nicknamed "jaws of life" to
cut away debris and allow rescuers to pull them out on
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www.ambiente.us FEBRUARY | FEBRERO 2010
Death Toll in Haiti Estimated at 200,000, Officials Say
By Alfred de Montesquiou and Mike Melia
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19) -- Relief workers say pockets of violence in Haiti's
devastated capital are hindering a slow increase in much-needed aid delivery, and
some residents have banded together to protect the few possessions they have left.
As thousands of others head to the countryside, people in one hillside Port-au-Prince
district blocked off access to their street with cars and asked local young men to patrol
for looters.
"We never count on the government here," said Tatony Vieux, 29. "Never."
U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers carry a young Haitian girl to a helicopter to be airlifted
to a local hospital for treatment on a serious leg injury Monday. Click through for more
photos from the quake-ravaged nation.
A week after the magnitude-7.0 quake struck, Tuesday dawned with new potential for
reinforcements to aid in security and disaster relief. The United Nations Security
Council was expected to approve additional peacekeeping forces. Some 2,000 U.S.
Marines who arrived
in the region a day earlier were parked
offshore on ships.
But the scope of catastrophe had widened
dramatically. The latest casualty report, from
Death Toll in Haiti Estimated at 200,000, Officials Say
By Alfred de Montesquiou and Mike Melia
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19) -- Relief workers say pockets of violence in Haiti's
devastated capital are hindering a slow increase in much-needed aid delivery, and
some residents have banded together to protect the few possessions they have left.
As thousands of others head to the countryside, people in one hillside Port-au-Prince
district blocked off access to their street with cars and asked local young men to patrol
for looters.
"We never count on the government here," said Tatony Vieux, 29. "Never."
U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers carry a young Haitian girl to a helicopter to be airlifted
to a local hospital for treatment on a serious leg injury Monday. Click through for more
photos from the quake-ravaged nation.
A week after the magnitude-7.0 quake struck, Tuesday dawned with new potential for
reinforcements to aid in security and disaster relief. The United Nations Security
Council was expected to approve additional peacekeeping forces. Some 2,000 U.S.
Marines who arrived
in the region a day earlier were parked
offshore on ships.
But the scope of catastrophe had widened
dramatically. The latest casualty report, from
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the European Commission citing Haitian government figures, doubled previous
estimates of the dead to approximately 200,000, with some 70,000 bodies recovered
and trucked off to mass graves.
The port remains blocked. Distribution of food, water and supplies from the city's lone
airport to the needy are increasing but still remained a work in progress,
estimates of the dead to approximately 200,000, with some 70,000 bodies recovered
and trucked off to mass graves.
The port remains blocked. Distribution of food, water and supplies from the city's lone
airport to the needy are increasing but still remained a work in progress,
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stretchers. A sister of one of the survivors shouted praises to God when the women
emerged.
In the city's Bourdon area, a large team of French, Dominican and Panamanian
rescuers using high-tech detection equipment said they heard heartbeats underneath
the rubble of a bank building and worked into the night to try and rescue a survivor. The
husband of a missing woman watched from a crowd of onlookers,
"I'm going to be here until I find my wife, I'll keep it up until I find her, dead or alive," said
Witchar Longfosse.
Elsewhere, overwhelmed surgeons appealed for anesthetics,
scalpels, and saws for cutting off crushed limbs. Former U.S.
President Bill Clinton, visiting one hospital, reported its staff had
to
use vodka to sterilize equipment. "It's astonishing what the
Haitians have been able to accomplish," he said.
Front-line relief workers made some headway. By 7 a.m. Monday, an Israeli military
field hospital had treated 196 people. "We understand it's a drop in a big sea," said
facility spokesman Avi Berman.
Violence added to complications in places. Medical relief workers said they were
treating gunshot wounds in addition to broken bones and other quake-related injuries.
Nighttime was especially perilous and locals were forming night brigades and
machete-armed mobs to fight bandits across the capital.
"It gets too dangerous," said Remi Rollin, an armed private security guard hired by a
shopkeeper to ward off looters. "After sunset, police shoot on sight."
In the sprawling Cite Soleil slum, gangsters are reassuming control after escaping
from the city's notorious main penitentiary and police urge citizens to
emerged.
In the city's Bourdon area, a large team of French, Dominican and Panamanian
rescuers using high-tech detection equipment said they heard heartbeats underneath
the rubble of a bank building and worked into the night to try and rescue a survivor. The
husband of a missing woman watched from a crowd of onlookers,
"I'm going to be here until I find my wife, I'll keep it up until I find her, dead or alive," said
Witchar Longfosse.
Elsewhere, overwhelmed surgeons appealed for anesthetics,
scalpels, and saws for cutting off crushed limbs. Former U.S.
President Bill Clinton, visiting one hospital, reported its staff had
to
use vodka to sterilize equipment. "It's astonishing what the
Haitians have been able to accomplish," he said.
Front-line relief workers made some headway. By 7 a.m. Monday, an Israeli military
field hospital had treated 196 people. "We understand it's a drop in a big sea," said
facility spokesman Avi Berman.
Violence added to complications in places. Medical relief workers said they were
treating gunshot wounds in addition to broken bones and other quake-related injuries.
Nighttime was especially perilous and locals were forming night brigades and
machete-armed mobs to fight bandits across the capital.
"It gets too dangerous," said Remi Rollin, an armed private security guard hired by a
shopkeeper to ward off looters. "After sunset, police shoot on sight."
In the sprawling Cite Soleil slum, gangsters are reassuming control after escaping
from the city's notorious main penitentiary and police urge citizens to
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take justice into their own hands.
"If you don't kill the criminals, they will all come back," a Haitian police officer shouted
over a loudspeaker.
Alain Le Roy, the U.N. peacekeeping chief, cited the often unruly crowds at points
where food and water is being distributed and said Haitian police had returned to the
streets in only "limited numbers."
A Security Council vote was expected to add 1,500 more U.N. police and 2,000 more
peacekeepers to join the 9,000 or so U.N. security personnel in Haiti.
Thousands are streaming out of Port-au-Prince, crowding aboard buses headed
toward countryside villages. Charlemagne Ulrick planned to stay behind after putting
his three children on a truck for an all-day journey to Haiti's northwestern peninsula.
"They have to go and save themselves," said Ulrick, a dentist. "I don't know when
they're coming back."
U.S. and Haitian officials also warned any efforts of Haitians to reach the United States
by boat would be thwarted. Haiti's ambassador in Washington, Raymond Joseph,
recorded a message in Creole to his countrymen, urging them not to leave.
"If you think you will reach the U.S. and all the doors will be wide open to you, that's not
at all the case," Joseph said, according to a transcript on America.gov, a State
Department Web site. "And they will intercept you right on the water and send you back
home where you came from."
Associated Press writers contributing to this story included Tamara Lush, Jonathan M.
Katz, Michelle Faul, Kevin Maurer in Port-au-Prince; Ramon Almanzar in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic; Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations;
"If you don't kill the criminals, they will all come back," a Haitian police officer shouted
over a loudspeaker.
Alain Le Roy, the U.N. peacekeeping chief, cited the often unruly crowds at points
where food and water is being distributed and said Haitian police had returned to the
streets in only "limited numbers."
A Security Council vote was expected to add 1,500 more U.N. police and 2,000 more
peacekeepers to join the 9,000 or so U.N. security personnel in Haiti.
Thousands are streaming out of Port-au-Prince, crowding aboard buses headed
toward countryside villages. Charlemagne Ulrick planned to stay behind after putting
his three children on a truck for an all-day journey to Haiti's northwestern peninsula.
"They have to go and save themselves," said Ulrick, a dentist. "I don't know when
they're coming back."
U.S. and Haitian officials also warned any efforts of Haitians to reach the United States
by boat would be thwarted. Haiti's ambassador in Washington, Raymond Joseph,
recorded a message in Creole to his countrymen, urging them not to leave.
"If you think you will reach the U.S. and all the doors will be wide open to you, that's not
at all the case," Joseph said, according to a transcript on America.gov, a State
Department Web site. "And they will intercept you right on the water and send you back
home where you came from."
Associated Press writers contributing to this story included Tamara Lush, Jonathan M.
Katz, Michelle Faul, Kevin Maurer in Port-au-Prince; Ramon Almanzar in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic; Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations;
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Raf Casert in Brussels; Larry Margasak and Pauline Jelinek in Washington.
Apelo urgente para o Haiti
Com as consequências do terremoto 7.0 que devastou o Haiti , indivíduos estão
sendo estimulados a fazerem doações à Fundação Pan -Americana de
desenvolvimento. As doações serão usadas para compras e transportes necessários
para os haitianos. Você pode doar aqui ou ligar para um número gratuito especial
para fazer a doação: (877) 572-4484.
PADF, o braço principal da Organização dos Estados Americanos na ajuda aos
disastres naturais, tem mais de 150 funcionários trabalhando no desenvolvimento
econômico do Haiti, na mitigação do desastres e na proteção de direitos humanos.
PADF é uma organização sem fins lucrativos, 501 (c) (3), e está sediada em
Washington, D.C.
Últimas notícias do Haiti
Estimativas apontam um número próximo a 100.000 de mortes no terremoto massivo.
Estima-se que 3 milhões de pessoas estão afetadas pelo terremoto 7.0.
Tremores continuaram a balançar o país após o terremoto principal.
A segurança permanece a preocupação principal na capital.
O AP relata que milhares de haitianos podem ter perdido suas casas.
A maioria dos hospitais e clínicas estão sem
suprimentos.
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Apelo urgente para o Haiti
Com as consequências do terremoto 7.0 que devastou o Haiti , indivíduos estão
sendo estimulados a fazerem doações à Fundação Pan -Americana de
desenvolvimento. As doações serão usadas para compras e transportes necessários
para os haitianos. Você pode doar aqui ou ligar para um número gratuito especial
para fazer a doação: (877) 572-4484.
PADF, o braço principal da Organização dos Estados Americanos na ajuda aos
disastres naturais, tem mais de 150 funcionários trabalhando no desenvolvimento
econômico do Haiti, na mitigação do desastres e na proteção de direitos humanos.
PADF é uma organização sem fins lucrativos, 501 (c) (3), e está sediada em
Washington, D.C.
Últimas notícias do Haiti
Estimativas apontam um número próximo a 100.000 de mortes no terremoto massivo.
Estima-se que 3 milhões de pessoas estão afetadas pelo terremoto 7.0.
Tremores continuaram a balançar o país após o terremoto principal.
A segurança permanece a preocupação principal na capital.
O AP relata que milhares de haitianos podem ter perdido suas casas.
A maioria dos hospitais e clínicas estão sem
suprimentos.
www.ajudapanamericana.org
Copyright © AMBIENTE MAGAZINE. Do not reproduce without citing this source.