Haiti beset by natural disasters
Earthquake the latest in series of devastating disasters to hit Caribbean nation.
Published On 13 Jan 2010
The Caribbean nation of Haiti has been beset by a series of natural disasters in recent years, experiencing four devastating tropical storms in 2008.
Tuesday’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake will only further complicate living conditions for residents of the poverty-stricken country where 80 per cent of Haiti’s nearly nine million people live below the poverty line.
Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports. 13 Jan 10
Source: Al Jazeera