Environment
Haiti mudslides killed at least 10 people
There have been at least 10 people killed and many others missing in a flood and mudslide on April 28, after heavy rains across the past several days in Haiti. According…
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Environment
2010 - The most deadly year due to natural disasters
A United Nations report said that the Haiti earthquake and hot weather in Russia made 2010 the deadliest year in at least two decades.
Environment
2010: Year of natural disaster
Earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, super typhoons, snow storms, landslides and droughts rob the lives of at least 300,000 people in 2010.
Environment
An island, two worlds
The story of the catastrophic environment does not seem new in the 21st century. But the case of the two Haitian nations and ...
Environment
2010 - the number of people killed by unusually high natural disasters
The number of deaths due to natural disasters worldwide changes every year and often tends to increase. Disaster experts say that increase is due in part to an increase…
Environment
Chile earthquake is 500 times stronger in Haiti
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile is 500 times more powerful than the seismic in Haiti last month.
Environment
Haiti may have a strong earthquake again
Geologists predict that Haiti may soon experience another strong earthquake after the January 12 earthquake that killed 200,000 people.
Environment
Nepal is about to suffer a Haiti-like earthquake
While Haiti has not yet overcome the aftermath of the earthquake last month, scientists have warned of the risk of a more devastating earthquake in Nepal.
Environment
The earthquake pulled down the presidential palace
An unprecedented large earthquake in Haiti for 200 years rocked the entire nation yesterday, causing many buildings to collapse including the presidential palace.
Environment
'Haiti earthquake as bad as the Asian tsunami'
About 50,000 people are thought to have died in a devastating earthquake on January 12 in Haiti.
Environment
Human catastrophe in Haiti: A couple of explanations
The 7-magnitude earthquake that destroyed Haiti on January 12 has been evaluated by scientists as having 35 times the power to destroy the atomic bomb that destroyed Hir…
Environment
Haiti will suffer many new earthquakes
Scientists warned of a terrible earthquake in Haiti last week could be just the start of a series of strong earthquakes in the Caribbean region.
Medicine - Health
Does death in Haiti increase the risk of disease?
Many victims of the terrifying earthquake are being buried hastily in mass graves.
Medicine - Health
HIV in Europe - America comes from Haiti
The HIV virus outbreak in the US and Europe may have been introduced from Haiti around 1969, ten years earlier than the long-standing hypothesis.