Form 8 (2015) Earthquake

Earthquake

In contrast to hurricanes, earthquakes are difficult to predict. That’s why there are so many casualties during massive destruction. One of earthquakes happened in 2010. It was a terrible earthquake which struck the country of Haiti in the Caribbean. It was a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Three million people were affected. A lot of people were injured, died and 1 million people became homeless. Most of the buildings in the cities were destroyed. The consequences of it were so awful because the people were not warned that the earthquake was going to hit.

Since the earthquake efforts to bring the cities back to life have been made but the recovery is slow as Haiti is a poor country. One year later, only 5 % of the rubble has been cleared and there are still 1 million refugees living in tents.