Haiti is recovering from a 7.0 Earthquake that hit Jan 12 just before 5pm

A Tsunami warning was issued for parts of the Caribbean, but later dismissed. “I think it is really a catastrophe of major proportions,” Haiti Ambassador Raymond Joseph told CNN. Houses fell into a ravine and the full extent of the damage has not been assessed yet.

There are tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed, U.N. mission says. The U.N. says at least 16 members of its 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission killed. Haiti president says mission chief Hedi Annabi among dead. At least 11 Brazilian soldiers killed at least seven missing or trapped under rubble, said Brazil’s army. World Bank pledges additional $100 million. U.N. says $10 million to be released immediately from central emergency response fund.

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• International Medical Corps
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• Yéle Haiti
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• World Concern
• Save the Children
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