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The Freedom of the Seas moored in Labadee. Labadee is a 260-acre private resort that was leased to Royal Caribbean Cruises in 1986. [5] In the 1990s, it was variously reported that many cruise ship guests who disembarked at the location were unaware that they were in Haiti [6] - at least in part because the cruise company seemed to have a policy of referring only to Hispaniola, not that they ...
It is the strongest earthquake to strike Haiti since 1842. 17 August: Hurricane Grace brought heavy rainfall to Haiti, reaching around 10 in (250 mm); this caused flooding in areas affected by a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in the country that previously killed thousands. Strong winds destroyed homes previously damaged by the earthquake.
On 12 January 2010, the United Nations reported that headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), the Christopher Hotel in Port-au-Prince, collapsed, and several other UN facilities were damaged; a large number of UN personnel were unaccounted for in the aftermath of a major earthquake.
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday has affected about 1.2 million people, 540,000 of them children, UNICEF announced Tuesday, as drenching rains from tropical storm Grace ...
The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ...
The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead... View Article The post Death toll from Haiti earthquake rises to more than 700 ...
Crops were severely affected in central regions of the country. Three rivers burst their banks around Jérémie, leaving the city partially isolated. A bridge recently constructed in the city following a catastrophic earthquake in 2021 was partially destroyed. A total of 37,375 people were affected, 13,390 of whom were displaced.
Disaster is "likely widespread" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Sud region of southern Haiti at 8:29 a.m., local time, on Saturday, sending people into the streets as buildings toppled ...