Tens of thousands of people in Haiti remain desperate for food, water and medical care as relief organisations and teams from the United Nations struggle to bring supplies to the earthquake survivors [Reuters]
Published On 23 Jan 201023 Jan 2010
With large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, destroyed in the magnitude 7.0 quake, many survivors have been left homeless and forced to camp on the streets [Reuters]
Advertisement
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, described the earthquake in Haiti as the worst humanitarian crisis in decades [Reuters]
As aid continues to pour into the Caribbean nation, the World Food Programme says it expects to have to feed to over a million people [Reuters]
Some residents in the capital complain they have been forgotten [Reuters]
Meanwhile, a literal fight for survival has developed on the streets of Port-au-Prince, as tensions rise over food distribution [Reuters]
There is also growing criticism that supplies have been too slow to arrive [AFP]
Advertisement
Search and rescue teams from various countries have pulled survivors from the rubble [AFP]
Haitian government officials say more than 70,000 bodies have been buried in mass graves and that the death toll stands at more than 110,000 [AFP]
The government is attempting to move 400,000 homeless people to new temporary villages being built outside Port-au-Prince [GALLO/GETTY]
The quake’s devastation has left many in the country in shock [AFP]
The destruction of the Haitian capital will be felt for years, with experts saying that three-quarters of Port-au-Prince will have to be rebuilt [GALLO/GETTY]
