Haitian Earthquake - Haiti
On January 12, 2010 an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti and its surrounding areas. The disaster was catastrophic with figures putting the death toll at as high as 300,000 people. The earthquake left three million people in need of emergency aid and one million homeless. Thousands of injured were in need of critical medical attention.
In the days following the quake the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince were chaotic with desperate hungry and thirsty residents scrambling to grab hold of anything that could be of any value among the stench of rotting bodies in the rubble of thousands of destroyed buildings.
These photographs were taken several days after the earthquake.
People walk along Grand Rue, the main street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 18, 2010.
The body of a woman is seen inside of a car destroyed by a building that fell during the earthquake, January 18, 2010.
A stretch of road with all buildings damaged in the earthquake, January 19, 2010.
People are seen on Delmas Road in Port-au-Prince near a building being looted, January 18, 2010.
Children sit near a guarding US Marine at the walls of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 19, 2010.
People line up to get food on Delmas Road. Port-au-Prince, January 18, 2010.
A woman rescued nearly a week after the earthquake, Port-au-Prince, January 19, 2010.
A young girl injured in the earthquake is treated by a doctor in the area of Carrefour, January 20, 2010.
Fabiola Baskum, 25, lays on a bed in a makeshift hospital run by Doctor's Without Borders, January 18, 2010.
Two men dig a hole on the side of a dirt road to bury the body of thirty-five-year-old Guerdy Noel who died of her injuries in the area of Carrefour on January 19th. After arguments that broke out among residents the body was left in the middle of the nearest main road and eventually picked up by waste management, January 20, 2010.
A crowd of people at the scene of a looting, January 19, 2010.
Photographers seen near a burning body, January 20, 2010.
A woman walks by a wall with messages written seeking help from the divine, January 19, 2010.