Five Years After the Haitian Earthquake

Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. The 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12, 2010 killed more than 200,000 people. More than one million people were left homeless, forcing them to sleep in make-do facilities, often a tent crafted out of a tarp or cardboard or tin. A cholera epidemic followed shortly after the earthquake, delivering another blow to the Caribbean republic that is the poorest country in the Western...

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