{"id":2230,"date":"2010-01-12T22:57:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T02:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2010-01-19T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T12:34:42","slug":"hundreds-feared-dead-in-haiti-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2230","title":{"rendered":"7.0 Earthquake Devastates Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iLFLqnpSK0M&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iLFLqnpSK0M&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/video\/2010\/01\/13\/VI2010011300003.html\">Haiti earthquake aftermath<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/uberblog\/b161831_wyclef_jean_fellow_celebs_solicit.html\">Wyclef Jean, Fellow Celebs Solicit Support for Haiti<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/radioteleginen.ning.com\/profiles\/blogs\/more-pictures\">Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/BT-CO-20100112-717179.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines\">Large Number Of UN Staff Missing After Haiti Quake -Official<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2010\/01\/13\/2791129.htm\">Hundreds feared dead in Haiti earthquake<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/video\/2010\/01\/12\/VI2010011203154.html\">7.0 quake hits Haiti, hospital collapses<\/a><br \/>\nA strong earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, where a hospital collapsed and people were screaming for help. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west from Port-au-Prince, the USGS said. (Jan. 12)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GeovVajbR2E&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GeovVajbR2E&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/13\/world\/americas\/13haiti.html\">Quake Rocks Haiti, Causing Widespread Damage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/major-earthquake-hits-haiti-tsunami-watch-issued\/story?id=9544984\">Major Earthquake in Haiti; Damage in Port-au-Prince<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE60B5IZ20100112\">Big Haiti quake topples buildings, casualties seen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mHEk_qR5l1I&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mHEk_qR5l1I&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATES: JANUARY 13, 2010<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinicenter.com\/venezuela\/130110.html\">Venezuelan Humanitarian Team Arrives in Haiti after Earthquake<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nVenezuela sent its first aid airplane to Haiti, a Bolivarian National Armed Force&#8217;s Hercules C-130, with a fifty-strong advance humanitarian aid team on board, on Wednesday morning, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake leveled the country&#8217;s capital Port-au-Prince, late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/cb_haiti_earthquake\">Quake-stunned Haitians pile bodies by fallen homes<\/a><br \/>\nHaitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. It seemed clear that the death toll from Tuesday afternoon&#8217;s magnitude-7.0 quake would run into the thousands. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince was among the dead, and the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission was missing.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SJjAlyYocks&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SJjAlyYocks&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2010\/01\/13\/world\/AP-CB-Haiti-Annabi.html\">UN Mission Head Grappled With Haiti&#8217;s Many Woes<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/science\/2010-01-13-Haiti-geoscience_N.htm\">Haiti&#8217;s geology points to big quakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/ondeadline\/post\/2010\/01\/haiti-updates-14-un-staffers-dead-150-missing\/1\">Haiti updates: 14 U.N. staffers dead, 150 missing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,582969,00.html\">Doctors Without Borders Report Dire Need for Care in Haiti<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5jrMzvrhRsvdzd6CAuo8VTW5VMKSQ\">Medical charity overwhelmed by Haiti quake victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/14\/world\/americas\/14aid.html\">Aid Workers Scramble Amid Haiti\u2019s Chaos<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/article.php?id=D9D70GP00&amp;show_article=1\">Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/LDE60C1GR.htm\">France fears everyone inside U.N. 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