The day the earthquake hit Haiti – level 3

12-01-2010

For a long time, Haiti has long been one of the poorest countries in the world. Millions of Haitians live in extreme poverty, and more than half of the country doesn’t have access to basic health care.

As if that wasn’t enough, on January 12, 2010, one of the most devastating earthquakes in history hit the already impoverished country. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and millions lost their homes. Frightened people ran out of buildings and tried to hide wherever they could, but there was basically nowhere to run.

The capital, Port-au-Prince, was hit the worst. It only took 60 seconds for the earthquake to actually level the city to the ground. The epicenter of the earthquake was located only 15 kilometers from the city, at a depth of only 10 kilometers.

As soon as the world learned of the disaster, rescuers and humanitarian workers immediately began to move to the scene of the tragedy.

Difficult words: impoverished (very poor), level (to make something flat), learned (got the information).

What were some of the immediate reactions and responses from the rest of the world when the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010?

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