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Haiti quake death toll may hit 200,000: Minister
Press
TV
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime say the death
toll from a devastating earthquake that hit the nation could
reach 200,000.
"We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies we
anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in
total, although we will never know the exact number," he
told Reuters on Friday.
Earlier, Red Cross officials had estimated that up to 50,000
people may have died in Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 quake.
With thousands of bodies still piled up on the streets of Port
au Prince, rotting in the tropical sun, there was also a race
against time to reach possible survivors still trapped in the
ruins and treat those who were badly injured.
After three days of Haitians being left to fend mostly for
themselves in one of the world's poorest countries, foreign
relief teams were increasingly seen on the streets, some backed
by vital heavy-lifting equipment.
"When the people find they can vote themselves
money, that will herald the end of the republic."
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