Describe the effects of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 1

The effects of the Haiti earthquake are buildings being destroyed, but most importantly injury and loss of life. Which in this instance is estimated to be 200000 dead, lots of jobs have been lost, building being destroyed from the president's palace, to the smallest shack. Inmates escaped from the prisons when the walls collapsed which has lead too people Looting and Robbing, and other related crimes.

The short term effects of the Haiti earthquake are

· Buildings being destroyed, roads and docks. Making it difficult to get aid to the people who need it. Example food, clean drinking water, clothes, cooking utensils, temporally shelters and most importantly drugs and medicines.

· Without clean drinking water and dead bodies rotting in the hot sun the risk of life threatening diseases is expected.

The long term effects of the Haiti earthquake are

· Economic problems of people trying to re build their houses and business without the availability of money to buy such materials.

· Social problems of people who may of lost all their relatives worst of all are the children who have been left with no one to care for them.

· Lots of doctors and nurses had to do surgery outside because the hospitals were full of people and some the hospitals were destroyed.

There have been accounts from people of the community of Haiti that have said there injured people walking and lying on the streets. many people are dying in front of every body to see and families are being torn apart.