A woman tries to help rescue a survivor whose voice she heard from beneath the collapsed Haitian Department of Justice building in Port-au-Prince. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / January 13, 2010)Haiti Earthquake: Race To Provide Aid As 100,000 Feared Dead -- The Telegraph
Fears are growing for thousands of people who survived the earthquake that flattened most of Port-au-prince, the Haitian capital, but are now without food, clean water and proper medical care. Sixteen Britons are missing in the country.
The US is planning a massive military response to the disaster, saying that ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit are either on the way or likely to begin moving soon. But their arrival may be too late for thousands of Port-au-Prince residents.
It is estimated that between 50,000 to 100,000 people died in the quake, but Haitian senator Youri Latortue said the final figure could reach half a million.
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A shanty town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince where thousands of dwellings were either completely destroyed or badly damaged. Photo from The Daily Mail.More News On The Disaster In Haiti
Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- Yahoo News
Full Coverage from CBS News -- CBS News
Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- BBC
Haiti earthquake: News updates -- CNN
Haiti earthquake updates -- The Telegraph
Live: Haiti earthquake - latest updates -- Times Online
Haiti Updates -- The Guardian
Haiti earthquake: 16 Brits missing as horrifying images reveal extent of destruction -- The Daily Mail
Haiti Despairs as Quake Deaths Mount -- Wall Street Journal
Haiti quake: Survivors struggle while awaiting aid -- Yahoo News/AP
Haiti Quake Survivors Sought Amid 'Unimaginable' Destruction -- L.A. Times
Tens Of Thousands Feared Dead After Haiti Earthquake -- Washington Post
Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead -- New York Times
Untold Numbers Still Trapped in Rubble of Worst Quake in Haitian History -- Voice of America
U.S. Pledges 'Full Support' to Haiti as 100,000 Feared Dead -- Washington Times
Haiti Despairs as Quake Deaths Mount -- Wall Street Journal
UN Says At Least 16 Personnel Killed in Haiti Quake -- Voice of America
Race to help Haiti quake victims -- BBC
Haiti feeling aftershocks of massive earthquake -- McClatchy News
Agony Sets In as Medics Focus on the Survivors -- New York Times
Medical Aid for Haiti Earthquake May Take 'Military'-Style Operation -- ABC News
U.S. Mobilizes to Send Assistance to Haiti -- New York Times
US Red Cross is out of medical supplies in Haiti -- Breitbart/AP
U.S. Launches Major Response to Haiti Earthquake -- Voice of America
US sends aircraft carrier to help with Haiti earthquake damage -- Christian Science Monitor
Race against time for Haiti earthquake aid -- Times Online
Frequent victim in the past, Asia to aid Haiti -- Yahoo News/AP
Aid workers struggle to provide help -- Christian Science Monitor
Haitian Hospitals Struggle with Flood of Injured -- Voice of America
Aerial view of quake -- BBC
PHOTOS: Devastating Earthquake Hits Haiti -- ABC News
In pictures: Haiti under rubble -- BBC
Scenes from Haiti's disaster -- Foreign Policy Blog
Earthquake in Haiti (Pictures) -- Boston.com
Photos from Haiti, hundreds of thousands feared dead -- St. Louis Review
Devastation in Haiti: Pictures from the Earthquake -- Time Magazine
The geology underlying the devastating Haiti earthquake -- Christian Science Monitor
Could the Haiti Earthquake Have Been Predicted? -- Time Magazine
Haiti Earthquake: How You Can Help -- FOX News
AT&T enables $10 text message donations to Haiti -- Business Week
Haiti Quake: How You Can Help -- CBS News
How You Can Help the Earthquake Victims -- ABC News
Wyclef Jean's Haiti Tweets Galvanizing Web -- CBS News
Earthquake in Haiti: Celebrities and fans respond on Twitter [Updated] -- The Envelope
Twitter provides a conduit for news from quake-devastated Haiti -- Mercury News
Good Haitian Tweet aggregators are here, here, and here. (Hat Tip: Foreign Policy)
Haiti Twitter Coverage -- Twitter
Commentaries And Editorials
Haiti's Agony: What It Will Take to Rebuild -- Time Magainze
What We Can Do to Help Haiti, Now and Beyond -- Bill Clinton, Washington Post
Country Without a Net -- Tracy Kidder, New York Times
Haiti -- New York Times editorial
The Response to Haiti's Earthquake Must Measure Up to the Disaster -- Washington Post editorial
Haiti's Tragedy -- Wall Street Journal editorial
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We have an orphanage in Port-au-Prince that needs your help, www.choaids.org or search facebook and join CHOAIDS, the children and caretakers survived, but we don't know about the orphanage yet. Send your prayers to the children.
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