Haiti earthquake _ by the numbers
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JAC on 1/27/2010, 7:11 am
The Associated Press
The earthquake that hit Haiti, by the numbers:
THE EARTHQUAKE
- Magnitude-7.0 at 4:53 p.m. EST (2153 GMT) on Jan. 12
- Aftershocks: 56 of magnitude-4.5 or greater.
THE TOLL
- Bodies recovered: 150,000 (includes 54 Americans, 44 Europeans)
- Estimated dead: 200,000
- Rescued from collapsed buildings: 134
- Injured: 194,000.
- Children who are unaccompanied, orphaned or lost one parent: 1 million
- People enduring amputations or other surgery: 200,000.
THE DISPLACED
- Homeless: 1 million.
- Living in makeshift camps: 700,000-800,000
- Tents needed for homeless: 200,000 family-size.
- People who have fled Port-au-Prince for the countryside: 236,000.
THE DAMAGE AND THE NEED
- Structures destroyed: 70 percent in broad areas of the capital; 90 percent in towns closer to the epicenter.
- Schools destroyed or badly damaged: 90 percent throughout the capital.
- People who need food aid: 2 million
- People receiving food aid: 400,000
THE RESPONSE
Backlog of planes waiting to land at the airport: 800-1,000.
Flights landing per day: About 140.
U.S. military: About 20,000 troops, 18 ships.
U.N. peacekeeping troops and police: 12,500
Donations: More than $1 billion from governments, including $575 million from Europe and $316 million from U.S. government, in addition to $470 million in donations through private U.S. charities.
Sources include the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. Geological Survey; European Commission Monitoring and Information Center; U.S. Agency for International Development; International Organization for Migration; U.S. Department of Defense; The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Save the Children |
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