The Haiti earthquakes occurred around the 12th of January, 2010 knocking down buildings and power lines. This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 and it is the most powerful earthquake hit Haiti in a century. The earthquake destroyed houses, schools, hospitals, and even the National Palace in Port-au-Prince. Roughly 3 million people were affected and 230,000 people had died, 1,000,000 people were homeless and loss their property.
According to BBC news, when the earthquake happens, "Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Mr Bahn, who described the sky as "just grey with dust". He said he had been walking to his hotel room when the ground began to shake. "I just held on and bounced across the wall," he said. "I just heard a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance."
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Earthquake really is terrified as it happens without any warning. Unlike flood and fire where people still have time to escape, earthquake happens in a blink of eyes, people even doesn't have any time to escape. After seeing this incident in Haiti, my heart is filled with pain for the people of Haiti. I hope organizations can donate money and give help to them in terms of rebuilt their home and fulfill their basic needs in order for them to live on.
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