Haitian authorities and international relief agencies are delivering food and water to hundreds of makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince. The government provided free transportation to evacuate people from the capital to cities not damaged by the earthquake.

The strike-slip fault system in the region has two branches in Haiti, the Septentrional-Oriente fault in the north and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault in the south; both its location and focal mechanism suggested that the January 2010 quake was caused by a rupture of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, which had …

Damage From the Earthquake In 2010, the Inter-American Development Bank estimated that the earthquake created between $7.8 billion and $8.5 billion in damage. 3 It said that the damage could be as much $13.9 billion over time. The earthquake shrank Haiti’s gross domestic product by 5.1%.

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In addition to neoliberalism’s “push” factors, it provided several “pull” factors, most notably the siren song of low-wage factory jobs in Haiti’s offshore apparel industry (DeWind and Kinley III 1988).

A decade after the catastrophic earthquake, UNICEF and partners are still helping Haiti along the road of recovery. When Haitians started their day on 12 January ten years ago, they could not have imagined the devastation that was about to befall their country.

One reason why Haiti suffers more than its neighbours from natural disasters like hurricanes and flooding is its massive deforestation, under way in the country since the time of the French occupation, she says. “The French didn’t manage the land at all well,” she says. “The process of soil erosion really began then.

More than 300,000 people were killed, several hundred thousand were injured and nearly 1.5 million were left homeless when magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. Ten years later, Haiti hasn’t recovered from this disaster, despite billions of dollars being spent in the country.

Two lessons learned from the U.S. response to the Haitian earthquake demonstrate the importance of prompt and effective communications during a disaster, which can aid greatly in: (a) the timely activation of task forces; and (b) information sharing among responders.

In the aftermath of the quake, efforts by citizens and international aid organizations to provide medical assistance, food, and water to survivors were hampered by the failure of the electric power system (which already was unreliable), loss of communication lines, and roads blocked with debris.

Haiti is exposed to a wide spectrum of natural disasters such as droughts, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and landslides. Haiti’s geographical location, combined with its under development, high population density, chronic socio-economic problems and weak infrastructure, makes it a particularly vulnerable country.

A number of countries sent large contingents of disaster relief, medical staff, technicians for reconstruction and security personnel. Notably, the governments of the United States, the UK, Israel, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Brazil, Italy and Cuba.

Although there has been $13 billion in aid money given to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, many people still live in bad conditions.

Approximately C$113 million has been donated by Canadians. An English language Canada for Haiti telethon raised C$16 million and its Francophone counterpart generated C$6.6 million.

Relief and rebuilding efforts. In the first hours after the earthquake, Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto moved to set up an emergency command centre in Tokyo, and a large number of rescue workers and some 100,000 members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force were rapidly mobilized to deal with the crisis.

TOKYO (AP) — Ten years after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeastern coast, triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, much has been achieved in disaster-hit areas but they are still recovering. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake was one of the strongest temblors on record.

Indonesia sent rescue workers, medical assistance and supplies. Indonesia’s Government also donated US$2 million. Iran shipped 50,000 cans of tuna and hot food distributed among 500 people in Japan. Four physicians and first responders were also dispatched to Japan from the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

Has Japan recovered from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami? In July 2011, the Japanese government set a 10-year timeline for recovery with specific targets for clearing debris, restoring infrastructure, and housing. So far, nearly all of the debris from the earthquake and tsunami has been recycled or incinerated.

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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan—Ten years after one of the world’s largest earthquakes triggered a tsunami that wiped out much of this city, major reconstruction is nearly complete. Major reconstruction is nearly complete, but many former residents haven’t returned to Rikuzentakata.

Three years after the tsunami.

Japan has said it will cost as much as 25 trillion yen ($309bn; £189bn) to rebuild the country after the deadly earthquake and tsunami.

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Think of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 that contributed to more than 230,000 deaths. Coastal towns in Washington and Oregon run the highest risk of encountering these disasters. California and Alaska are also at risk.

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Some of FEMA’s risk rankings by disaster type seem obvious. Miami has the highest risk for hurricanes, lightning, and river flooding. Hawaii County is tops in volcano risk and Honolulu County for tsunamis. Dallas ranks highest for hail, Philadelphia for heat waves and Riverside County for wildfires.