Haiti Earthquake
Haiti Earthquake
Efraim Ngungi 9I
Geography SED
Haiti is located in Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Hispaniola, which consists of two countries Dominican Republic and Haiti itself. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and is the 145th poorest country in the world. 80% of its 9.7 million people live below the poverty line. The Haitian EARTHQUAKE occurred on the 12th January 2010 ; it left the country with devastation.
The Social Impacts of the earthquake left people homeless, the Haitian homes were not earthquake resistant as this was the biggest earthquake that Hispaniola has had so they did not prepare for it , the last earthquake occurred in Dominican Republic. The earthquake left the country with a disease called cholera, the food shortage in Haiti meant that the people who are homeless will not be able to get food so they will starve to death or get really skinny and weak. The buildings in Haiti were not structured for taken in earthquake so the cost to rebuild will be a lot of money mainly because the government building was destroyed plus homes and work places are gone as well. The crime rates will go up because then prisons will clasped and if they survive they go steal food ,cars etc.
Efraim Ngungi 9I
Geography SED
Haiti is located in Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Hispaniola, which consists of two countries Dominican Republic and Haiti itself. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and is the 145th poorest country in the world. 80% of its 9.7 million people live below the poverty line. The Haitian EARTHQUAKE occurred on the 12th January 2010 ; it left the country with devastation.
The Social Impacts of the earthquake left people homeless, the Haitian homes were not earthquake resistant as this was the biggest earthquake that Hispaniola has had so they did not prepare for it , the last earthquake occurred in Dominican Republic. The earthquake left the country with a disease called cholera, the food shortage in Haiti meant that the people who are homeless will not be able to get food so they will starve to death or get really skinny and weak. The buildings in Haiti were not structured for taken in earthquake so the cost to rebuild will be a lot of money mainly because the government building was destroyed plus homes and work places are gone as well. The crime rates will go up because then prisons will clasped and if they survive they go steal food ,cars etc.