Haiti president describes `unimaginable' catastrophe; thousands feared dead - see further: The Miami Herald
Haiti is now facing a “major humanitarian emergency” that would require a concerted international response.
"Haiti sits on a large fault that has caused catastrophic quakes in the past, but this one was described as among the most powerful to hit the region. The earthquake was the worst in the region in more than 200 years and left the country in a shambles, without electricity or phone service, tangling efforts to provide relief to an estimated 3 million people who the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said had been affected by the quake."
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