Haiti quake survivors sought amid 'unimaginable' destruction
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Clifford Armion
le 14/01/2010
Activer le mode zenTina Susman and Joe Mozingo and Ken Ellingwood
"Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and Mexico City -- The capital of Haiti lay in ruins Wednesday, shattered by an earthquake it was not built to withstand. With most international aid yet to arrive, bodies lined the streets, the injured gathered at hospitals devoid of doctors or functioning equipment, swaths of the city were reduced to rubble and even the presidential palace -- long a symbol of whatever stability the country could muster -- was damaged and sagging. "Most telecommunications were down, making it next to impossible for the government and aid agencies to count the casualties or assess the extent of damage from the magnitude 7.0 quake that struck Tuesday afternoon." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Haiti quake survivors sought amid 'unimaginable' destruction", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2010. Consulté le 25/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/haiti-quake-survivors-sought-amid-unimaginable-destruction