On Tuesday January 12, 2010, massive earthquake hit Haiti and was a 7.0 on the Richter Scale. The death toll is still unknown, but thousands are feared to be dead. Many bodies lay on the streets in the capital Port-au-Prince. A major hotel there collapsed claiming at least 200 lives. Eyewitnesses say that there were people stuck in rubble crying out for doctors throughout the night. "The National Palace is in ruins, a major hospital crumbled and tens of thousands of people homeless" (from an article on dailymail.com). The Red Cross fears up to three million people will be affected by this.
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