Haiti: 200,000 death predicted

Large earthquake in Haiti, the Caribbean Island, has occurred at 4.53 pm. on Tuesday 12 January, 2010. The minister of Haiti said the number of victims will reach to 200,000.

The officials had said this earthquake that devastated Haiti was the worst to strike in two centuries. Its magnitude 7.0 brought down buildings great and small - from shacks to President Rene Preval's white National Palace. Now they found the death bodies around 50,000 people but the forecast of death people will be around 100,000-200,000 people.

The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton,had meeting President Preval. Her plane is bringing in supplies and will carry evacuated Americans back home. In addition, The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, estimated that in the worst areas 50% of buildings were damaged or destroyed, leaving 3 million people without access to food, water, shelter and electricity. Ban said he will plan to visit Haiti soon.

Comment: I guess this is the most sadness news of this year. It's sad to see the number of people died and those got injured in Haiti. I hope they all will get recued soon.