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Haitian Death Toll Revised to 230,000

HeadlineFeb 10, 2010

In Haiti, the official death toll from last month’s earthquake has been revised to over 230,000. The Haitian government made the announcement with the warning that more bodies remain uncounted. The revised death toll puts the Haitian earthquake on par with the 2004 Asian tsunami. On Tuesday, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said his government still has no way to house more than one million people left homeless by the quake.

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive: “We are still in a very difficult situation. One month after that, we still have one million of people on the streets. We still don’t have a clear vision of certain problem, how we are going to relocate all those people.”

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