Posted on 08/14/2021 8:16:43 AM PDT by Hojczyk
USGS has estimated “thousands of fatalities” and “tens of thousands of injuries in poor mountainous communities."
“High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” a statement from the agency released around an hour after the quake said.
"Past events with this alert level have required a national or international level response."
Jerry Chandler, Haiti's director of civil protection, confirmed deaths had occurred but said he doesn't "yet have an exact toll."
"We're still collecting information," he told AFP.
CHURCH CRUMBLES DURING CEREMONY
Images posted to social media also showed significant damage to buildings including collapsed homes and rubble splayed across the road.
A church reportedly collapsed under the strain of the quake in the southwestern town of Les Anglais while a ceremony was apparently underway.
Economic losses could range in the tens of millions, USGS reports.
The country is still recovering from a magnitude 7 earthquake closer to the capital 11 years ago that killed at least 250,000 people, injured 300,000, and displaced more than 1.5 million.
"Everyone is really afraid. It's been years since such a big earthquake," Daniel Ross, a resident in the eastern Cuban city of Guantanamo, told Reuters, adding that his home stood firm but the furniture shook.
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The Clintons are currently on a plane...
And here they come.
Country is done folks. Spend it while you got it. Have fun. No consequences.
Wonder how much the Clintons are going to steal this time.
OMG! Here they come more democRAT voters.
Sometimes I’m really appalled by the comments of people on this site.
How the Clintons are going to suck more money out of this was my first thought.
May God help the people suffering in this tragedy.
Not to worry!
The Clinton Family Crime Foundation is on the way!
7 is a big ‘un, especially for buildings in a corrupt third world country.
Clinton must have some leftover money from the last time.
They already have booked Chelsea to give her lecture on explosive diarrhea...and to be the (horse) face of the disaster.
That is horrible!
It is sad, but Haiti takes pride in the tale that they sold their souls to the devil back during their revolt from the French.
Personally I doubt if that is the cause of all their problems. Wonder how the Dominican Republic is.
Don’t worry folks, I am sure the Clintons have established a fund and already have a great contractor in place to funnel all the money too. No one needs fear any real help will be coming with Bill and Hillary on the job.
How frightening! Praying for them.
Gee, I wonder why earthquakes, military dictatorships, starvation and widespread violence doesn't strike the DR.
Could it be that they embraced their European colonial roots and don't worship Satan?
Prayers up for these folks. Meanwhile, as you say, the gears are once again turning in Chapaqqua. Chelsea is likely going to parachute in and provide assistance.
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