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| Situation Update No. 71 Ref.no.: EQ-20100112-24531-HTI
Situation Update No. 71
On 2010-01-23 at 09:58:30 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Haiti Capital City Port-au-Prince area
Number of Deads: > 110000 person(s)
Number of Injured: 750000 person(s)
Situation: The Haitian government has declared the search-and-rescue phase over for the survivors of the massive quake, the United Nations said Friday. International search teams have rescued 132 people since the 7.0-magnitude quake rocked Haiti on January 12, the U.N. said. While the search-and-rescue phase was ending, humanitarian and relief efforts were still being ramped up, the U.N. said. The Haitian government has confirmed 111,481 deaths from the quake, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest report on the relief effort. Fires are expected to flare up in the quake's aftermath, from broken mains and other damage. A massive blaze consumed a textile factory in Port-au-Prince Friday night as U.N. workers tried to contain the flames and spare nearby buildings. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Meanwhile, aftershocks from the 7.0-magnitude quake have become a way of life for people here as they spend their days searching for food, water and shelter. Haitians brace for each aftershock as they wait for supplies and sustenance to reach them. More than $355 million in donations in the United States alone has been raised for the relief effort, but stacks of aid -- baby formula, pain medication, antibiotics and other much-needed supplies -- are sitting on the tarmac and in warehouses at the airport in Port-au-Prince. Despite all the obstacles, some progress was made Friday. The city's south pier was operating, though slowly. Authorities pushed Friday to get operations moving faster at the port. The north pier remained unusable, and the south pier is the smaller of the two. In addition to the aftershocks, bottlenecks at all points of entry -- the airport, roads and ports -- have delayed food and medical aid to the estimated 3 million Haitians affected by the quake. Canadian troops have been working to open an airport in Jacmel, a seaside town about 8 miles from Port-au-Prince. |  | | | |
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