Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Haiti Devastated by Largest Earthquake in 200 Years, Thousands Feared Dead




"Haiti has been devastated by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest to strike the Caribbean nation in more than two centuries. Buildings have collapsed. Fires rage in the streets. The extent of the disaster is still unknown but there are fears thousands of people may have died and tens of thousands homeless. We get the latest on Haiti, a country rocked by natural as well as political crises. We speak with journalist Kim Ives of Haiti Liberte and Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat, her family at the epicenter of the quake...."

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