A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes Virginia, D.C. and New York … The earthquake has been felt all over the eastern seaboard but the epicenter of the quake has been centered around 15km south of Mineral, VA in Louisa County. The largest recorded earthquake in Virginia history was a 5.9 in Giles County in 1897. Did […]
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Via: cnn.com A minor earthquake rattled parts of suburban Washington DC, about 5am this morning, The tremor, which was only said to be 3.6 in magnitude, was described by some as a “low flying jet passing.” More than 5,500 people reported feeling the tremor across Maryland, Washington, West Virginia, Virginia, and Delaware. Its the biggest […]
Via: CNN It’s been six months after the devastating earthquake that completely destroyed the small country of Haiti . Unfortunately little has been done to aid the slow clean up process. Bodies of victims that have been trapped for months are still being pulled from beneath millions of pounds of rumble. The U.N. estimates 1.5 […]
Via: NewsOne.com // While Drew Brees is getting a lot of attention after winning the Super Bowl and has done the traditional Disney World commercial, New Orleans Saints defensive captain, Jonathan Vilma, has other plans. Vilma told reporters that he would go to Haiti after the Super Bowl to help out in earthquake relief. Here’s […]
Via: TheUrbanDaily.com // If you missed last night’s “Hope For Haiti” telethon, your television must have been turned off as it was on every channel. Check out some of the performance highlights from the telethon below! GIVE HAITI QUAKE RELIEF! Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Edge, Bono “Stranded” Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris “Hallelujah” Beyoncé “Halo” Jennifer […]
Via: NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A powerful new earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake. The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest aftershock yet to the Jan. 12 quake. The extent […]
Via: TheUrbanDaily.com // On Tuesday January 12, 2010, just mere days after Haiti celebrated its 206th year of independence, the small island made of up 95% Blacks was hit by a category seven earthquake. It is reported that over 100,000 people may be dead and many more are feared missing buried in rubble. Haitian entertainers […]
Via: TimesDispatch.com Photo courtesy of: JORGE CRUZ/AP A Richmond woman and her daughter on a mission trip to Haiti escaped injury in yesterday’s earthquake, her husband said today, and the group with which they were traveling is also believed to be safe. Corell Halsey Moore and her daughter, Ali Halsey, a University of Virginia student, […]
Donate $10 to Red Cross 4 Haiti text Haiti to 90999 or to donate $5 via Wycleff Jean’s charity text Yele to 501501 For more information on the American Red Cross Relief For Haiti visit http://newsroom.redcross.org/ You can also visit the Red Cross Chat Room http://redcrosschat.org/2010/01/12/earthquake-in-haiti/ To find family members in Haiti call 1-888-407-4747 Listen […]
Via: TheUrbanDaily.com // Haiti native Wyclef Jean is asking for assistance for victims of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. The singer told ET, “Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. VIDEO: Wyclef And Will Smith Do “Ladi Dadi” For […]
Via: NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. The devastation […]
