Death Toll: 230,000 Killed in Haiti Earthquake, Terremoto en Port-Au-Prince Quake

Port-au-Prince lay shattered and its people struggled without the most basic medical help Wednesday as officials predicted the death toll from Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake would reach 250000. The televised scenes of horror – fathers carrying dead babies, mothers lying bleeding in enormous piles of rubble – galvanized the world to help the desperate Haitians. As dusk approached, the first of a global fleet of air transports began to land, bearing medical supplies, food and water in hopes of heading off an even worse humanitarian catastrophe. The capital Port-au-Prince was largely destroyed. Shrouded bodies lined the streets as dazed survivors scrabbled in the debris for loved ones. Tags: Earthquake Haiti Terremoto Port-Au-Prince destroyed 2010 January 12 Update Alert Disaster Carribean death toll 50000 Aftermath Tsunami Guatemala San Salvador