Haiti earthquake: 7.2 magnitude, over 300 reported dead so far

[Thaiger]

Devastation has hit Haiti as a catastrophic 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the struggling Caribbean nation at 8:30 am local time (7:30 pm last night in Thailand time). At least 300 people are dead but experts predict that number could rise to the tens of thousands. There is widespread destruction with homes and buildings collapsed, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared a month-long state of emergency after flying over the country to survey the damage. The epicentre of the earthquake was about 5 kilometres from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes in the western part of Haiti, about 150 […]

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[AussieBob]

Never hear anything but bad news from Haiti. And this is another one in a long list. 

[MikeW]

Now people can donate tens of millions of dollars that government officials can steal to benefit theirselves instead of the people same as the last time when instead of fixing the infrastructure they built a new presidential palace