PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.
The statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs comes a day after an Israeli team reported pulling a man out of the debris of a two-story home and relatives said an elderly woman had been rescued.
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UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
I wonder how much aid these a**holes provided.
Marxist Group Accuses U.S. Of Military Occupation In Haiti
Marxist Group Accuses U.S. Of Military Occupation In Haiti
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
hoppy;1284711 wrote: I wonder how much aid these a**holes provided.
Marxist Group Accuses U.S. Of Military Occupation In Haiti
What a bunch of a**holes :wah:
Marxist Group Accuses U.S. Of Military Occupation In Haiti
What a bunch of a**holes :wah:
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
Jazzy;1284682 wrote: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.
The statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs comes a day after an Israeli team reported pulling a man out of the debris of a two-story home and relatives said an elderly woman had been rescued.
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that`s insane!:-5
they found more alive yesterday.
our government would never allow that!
The statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs comes a day after an Israeli team reported pulling a man out of the debris of a two-story home and relatives said an elderly woman had been rescued.
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that`s insane!:-5
they found more alive yesterday.
our government would never allow that!
Life is just to short for drama.
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
This is an awful decision. People can survive for a surprising length of time, particularly if they are not badly hurt ! They should hold that decision till there is no sign and nobody has been found for at least 3 days ! What on earth are they going to do, bulldoze the buildings flat, burn them to kill the diseases? Supposing there is a small child, stuck under a load of solid beams ? It's too stressful to think of all the 'what ifs'.
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UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
Bit strange considering they are still finding people alive. and I also think it strange that the UN is providing AID in the cities when most left the city centre because of the aftershocks. they have people outside their cities starving and dying of thirst.
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
*Update*
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced that the Haitian government had declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris.
Story link: As Haiti mourns, quake survivor found in rubble
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced that the Haitian government had declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris.
Story link: As Haiti mourns, quake survivor found in rubble
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
Jazzy;1284874 wrote: *Update*
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced that the Haitian government had declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris.
Story link: As Haiti mourns, quake survivor found in rubble
'It doesn't mean the government will order them to stop. In case there is the slightest sign of life, they will act," U.N. spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. She added that, "except for miracles, hope is unfortunately fading."
funny they should say that now?:rolleyes:
People can survive much much longer than this.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced that the Haitian government had declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris.
Story link: As Haiti mourns, quake survivor found in rubble
'It doesn't mean the government will order them to stop. In case there is the slightest sign of life, they will act," U.N. spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. She added that, "except for miracles, hope is unfortunately fading."
funny they should say that now?:rolleyes:
People can survive much much longer than this.
Life is just to short for drama.
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
As much as I hate to see them call off the search for survivors, I can understand it. After this long, the chance of finding any is slim. They have so much clean up work that needs done. :-1
UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -The confirmed death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake has topped 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area alone, the communications minister said Sunday, with many more thousands dead around the country or still buried under the rubble.
Communications minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue told The Associated Press that the figure is based on a body count in the capital and outlying areas by CNE, a state company that has been collecting corpses and burying them in a mass grave north of Port-au-Prince. It does not include other affected cities such as Jacmel, where thousands are believed dead, nor does it account for bodies burned by relatives.
The United Nations said Saturday the government had confirmed 111,481 bodies; all told, authorities have estimated 200,000 dead from the magnitude-7.0 quake, according to Haitian government figures cited by the European Commission.
"Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the rubble — 200,000, 300,000?" Lassegue said. "Who knows the overall death toll?"
Experts say chances are slim that more survivors will be found in that debris, although rescuers pulled a man buried for 11 days in the wreckage on Saturday.
Crews dug a tunnel through the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop to reach Wismond Exantus, who is in his 20s. He was placed on a stretcher and given intravenous fluids as onlookers cheered, and later told the AP he survived by diving under a desk during the quake and later consuming some cola, beer and cookies in the cramped space.
Exantus was recuperating well at a Port-au-Prince hospital on Sunday, said Ernso Jean Pierre, the man's brother: "He's eating, he's talking, he's normal."
Haiti's government has declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris, and officials are shifting their focus to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
U.N. relief workers said the shift is critical: While deliveries of food, medicine and water have ticked up after initial logjams, the need continues to be overwhelming and doctors fear outbreaks of disease in the camps.
In the notorious slum of Cite Soleil, the site of some looting and violence since the quake, U.S. and Brazilian soldiers handed out food and water Sunday morning to thousands of men, women and children who lined up at a health center.
The U.S. soldiers brought 2,000 food rations, 75,000 high-energy biscuits and 9,000 bottles of water, while the Brazilians had 8 tons of food in small bags of uncooked beans, salt, sugar and sardines, as well as 15,000 liters of water.
Lunie Marcelin, 57, said her entire family — including six grown children who live with her — survived the quake, but they had no money to buy food.
The handouts "will help us, but it is not enough," she said. "We need more."
In the United States, organizers of the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon said Saturday that the event raised $57 million — and counting. The two-hour telethon aired Friday night and was also streamed live online. Stars such as Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and more used their presence to encourage donations for Haiti.
As many as 200,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. About 609,000 people are homeless in the capital's metro area, and the United Nations estimates that up to 1 million could leave Haiti's destroyed cities for rural areas already struggling with extreme poverty.
The U.S. Geological Survey said Sunday it has recorded 52 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater since the Jan. 12 quake.
Story link: Haiti gov't says 150K bodies recovered in capital
Communications minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue told The Associated Press that the figure is based on a body count in the capital and outlying areas by CNE, a state company that has been collecting corpses and burying them in a mass grave north of Port-au-Prince. It does not include other affected cities such as Jacmel, where thousands are believed dead, nor does it account for bodies burned by relatives.
The United Nations said Saturday the government had confirmed 111,481 bodies; all told, authorities have estimated 200,000 dead from the magnitude-7.0 quake, according to Haitian government figures cited by the European Commission.
"Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the rubble — 200,000, 300,000?" Lassegue said. "Who knows the overall death toll?"
Experts say chances are slim that more survivors will be found in that debris, although rescuers pulled a man buried for 11 days in the wreckage on Saturday.
Crews dug a tunnel through the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop to reach Wismond Exantus, who is in his 20s. He was placed on a stretcher and given intravenous fluids as onlookers cheered, and later told the AP he survived by diving under a desk during the quake and later consuming some cola, beer and cookies in the cramped space.
Exantus was recuperating well at a Port-au-Prince hospital on Sunday, said Ernso Jean Pierre, the man's brother: "He's eating, he's talking, he's normal."
Haiti's government has declared an end to searches for living people trapped under debris, and officials are shifting their focus to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps.
U.N. relief workers said the shift is critical: While deliveries of food, medicine and water have ticked up after initial logjams, the need continues to be overwhelming and doctors fear outbreaks of disease in the camps.
In the notorious slum of Cite Soleil, the site of some looting and violence since the quake, U.S. and Brazilian soldiers handed out food and water Sunday morning to thousands of men, women and children who lined up at a health center.
The U.S. soldiers brought 2,000 food rations, 75,000 high-energy biscuits and 9,000 bottles of water, while the Brazilians had 8 tons of food in small bags of uncooked beans, salt, sugar and sardines, as well as 15,000 liters of water.
Lunie Marcelin, 57, said her entire family — including six grown children who live with her — survived the quake, but they had no money to buy food.
The handouts "will help us, but it is not enough," she said. "We need more."
In the United States, organizers of the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon said Saturday that the event raised $57 million — and counting. The two-hour telethon aired Friday night and was also streamed live online. Stars such as Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and more used their presence to encourage donations for Haiti.
As many as 200,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. About 609,000 people are homeless in the capital's metro area, and the United Nations estimates that up to 1 million could leave Haiti's destroyed cities for rural areas already struggling with extreme poverty.
The U.S. Geological Survey said Sunday it has recorded 52 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater since the Jan. 12 quake.
Story link: Haiti gov't says 150K bodies recovered in capital