Massive earthquake in Haiti

The first item when I switched on the news this morning was about a massive earthquake which had its epicentre near Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Haiti is in the Caribbean, and is the western half of an island, the eastern half of which forms the Dominican Republic.

Haiti is one of the world's poorest countries, and even before the earthquake many of its population were struggling for survival.

There have been some remarkable images emerging from Haiti, notably at the BOSTON Big Picture site which had a set of images from today.

Update: some other images 48 hours on from the earthquake.

Many teachers will have changed what they were teaching today to take account of this event, which also has a close connection with the idea of inequality.

If you want to help, most of the international aid agencies have started appeals which you can donate to online: why not donate at the OXFAM HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF page.

Update:
BBC Mapping - excellent resource
Excellent FREE resource from Richard Allaway's Geography all the Way site: Why was the Haitian earthquake do deadly ?

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