Satellite Images of Haiti Capital Show Devastation
The full extent of the damage from this week’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti is beginning to come into view. These first satellite images of downtown Haitian capital show a city in ruins.
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The National Palace has suffered catastrophic damage; constructions around the palace have been flattened by the quake. People are running through the streets; there’s little to no car traffic.
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Stade Sylvio Cator. People have gathered on the field and set up a small tent city in among the only places they know is safe: an open area away from any structure
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The area just northwest of the National Palace. Collapsed buildings dot the area, littering the streets with debris. Another encampment is visible in a town square.
Northwest of Rue Borgella, the small, ramshackle structures of the Fort National district take over. It is difficult to say from this image how big the damage is in one of these densely packed, low-rise constructions.
GeoEye Satellite Images, acquired by GeoEye-1 satellite Jan. 13, 2010, 10:27 am EST.
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Satellite Images of Haiti Capital Show Devastation