At Least 70,000 People Who Died in Haiti Earthquake Have Already Been Buried.

As my previous post about "How to Donate to Disaster Relief in Haiti"...And here with this post, with another latest news from BBC News: A leading US general in Haiti, Lt Gen Ken Keen, said up to 200,000 people might have died in the disaster, which he said was of "epic proportions". Among this number, 200,000 people might have died, at least 70,000 people who died in the earthquake have already been buried. How about other people, that might have died about 130,000 people more?

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 14: Cindy Tersme weeps for her brother Jean Gaelle Dersmorne, 14 years old, amid the rubble of the earthquake as he crawls past a schoolgirl that died at Ecole St. Gerard on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She said "I can see my brothers feet but can't pull him out." Haitians are upset at the lack of rescue aid both locally and internationally. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post ) StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Thu Jan 14 15:03:01 2010- Photo Source

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Based on Wikipedia: "

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M_w earthquake with the epicenter near Léogane, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, striking at 16:53:10 local time (21:53:10 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.^[4][5] The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9.^[6] The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake,^[7] and the Haitian Interior Minister believes that up to 200,000 have died as a result of the disaster,^[3] exceeding earlier Red Cross estimates of 45,000–50,000.^[8] Several prominent public figures are among the dead. The Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive recently announced that over 70,000 bodies have been buried in mass graves.^[9]

The earthquake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince. Most major landmarks were significantly damaged or destroyed, including the Presidential Palace (President René Préval survived), the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail.^[10][11][12] To compound the tragedy, most hospitals in the area were destroyed.^[13] The United Nations (UN) reported that the headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), located in the capital, had collapsed and that the Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi, his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and the acting police commissioner were confirmed dead.^[14][15] Elisabeth Byrs of the UN called it the worst disaster the United Nations has experienced because the organizational structures of the UN in Haiti and the Haitian government were destroyed."

Cindy Terasme screams after seeing the feet of her dead 14-year-old brother Jean Gaelle Dersmorne in the rubble of the collapsed St. Gerard School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)- Photo Source

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