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The president of Haiti has declared 300 thousand victims...

Rene Preval

As a result of earthquake to Haiti were lost about 300 thousand persons, has informed on Sunday, on February, 21st, the president of country Rene Preval, informs Associated Press.

The sad message

According to Preval, more than 200 thousand bodies of victims of act of nature are already buried, however under fragments of the destroyed buildings, the president of Haiti considers, remain about 100 thousand victims...

Earlier different officials of Haiti declared, that victims of earthquake of a steel from 170 to 230 thousand persons. With what such divergences of data are connected, the authorities of Haiti do not explain, not specifying also, by what technique calculation of victims is conducted.

Destructive disaster

Earthquake in magnitude 7 has excited Haiti on January, 12th. Tremors practically have completely destroyed capital — Port-au-Prince. Ten thousand Haitians have got wounds, about 1,5 million inhabitants remained without a roof over the head.

After earthquake to Haiti there was a sharp shortage of water and the foodstuffs. The situation in the suffered areas has become complicated because of the season which has begun in February of rains.