Haiti Earthquake Death Toll At 2189 As Supplies Arrive

International aid begins to arrive in Haiti, nearly a week after earthquake – Miami Herald, 2021/08/20

International aid began to finally pour into Haiti nearly a week since the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake, despite bridge and road failures that hampered efforts to reach some of the hardest-hit and remote towns.

Early Friday, there was no road access to the southwestern city of Jérémie, as pictures circulated showing damage to the Dumarsais Estimé bridge, one of the main access routes into the city. The local public works department was working early afternoon to secure an alternate route into Jérémie.

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The hectic day at Les Cayes was also marked by preparations to receive former Haitian president Michel Martelly, who planned to arrive Friday to survey the damage caused by Saturday’s quake and powerful aftershocks that have so far killed 2,189 people and injured over 12,200 others. An estimated 136,800 families are homeless and nearly 700,000 people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

This is definitely not getting the publicity and attention as the 2010 earthquake. But the world is dealing with COVID. Afghanistan is ongoing. And the earthquake did not occur in a major population center. And Clinton and Bush aren’t teaming up to exploit the crisis.