Esther Daniel News Today

Virginia endorsed efforts to prevent labor and human trafficking in the Commonwealth, encouraging organizations in Fairfax County to continue fighting and bringing justice to victims.

The magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti destroyed more than 7,000 homes, leaving about 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were demolished or badly damaged.

The death toll from Haiti’s powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president’s assassination.

Alive. but as night fell, this mother, oxiliene morency, overtaken with grief. the body of her 7-year-old daughter, esther daniel, recovered. more than 3,500 homes destroyed. many now living out of makeshift tents, and the earthquake has placed further strain on the nations already strapped resources. >> we dont have electricity for now. we dont have water. >> reporter: phone lines are also down. this hatian community in columbus, ohio, trying to reach their loved ones. >> i have my sister, my c...

Haiti ist bitterarm, politisch instabil - und wurde schon 2010 von einem schweren Erdbeben erschüttert. Nun reißt ein neues Beben Menschen in den Tod. Noch imer ist das Ausmaß der «humanitären Notlage» unklar.