Haiti earthquake: history of natural disasters to hit the country

Haiti has been struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, killing an unknown number of people. The small, impoverished country is prone to severe and deadly natural disasters, especially hurricanes. Severe deforestation, leading to flooding and landslides, and a lack of proper emergency services and infrastructure has resulted in the storms causing the deaths of thousands of Haitians.

海地今晨發(fā)生7.0級大地震，目前死亡人數(shù)尚無統(tǒng)計。這個貧窮小國經(jīng)常遭受嚴重自然災害，尤其是颶風。過度伐木也導致該國常有洪水、山崩，而救援物資匱乏、基礎建設落后更使得數(shù)以萬計的海地人民死亡。

2008

Four separate hurricanes - Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike - in the space of 30 days led to the deaths of more than 800 people. About 60 per cent of the country's harvest was destroyed and entire cities were rendered desolate and uninhabitable.

四次不同的颶風——Fay, Gustav, Hanna和Ike——在30天內(nèi)四次襲擊海地，導致超過800人死亡。該國60%的土地被毀、所有城市變得荒蕪、無法居住。

Sept 2004

Tropical Storm Jeanne deluged the tiny Caribbean country. Resulting flooding and landslides killed up to 2,500 people and displacing thousands more.

熱帶風暴Jeanne使這個加勒比小國身陷泥沼，2500人在洪水和山崩中喪生、數(shù)以千計的居民流離失所。

1998

Hurricane George killed more than 400 people while destroying 80 per cent of all the crops in the country.

颶風George使400人死亡、并毀掉了該國80%的農(nóng)作物。


1994
Hurricane Gordon killed over 1000 Haitians.

超過1000人在颶風Gordon中死亡。

1963

Hurricane Flora killed over 8000 people, making it the 6th most deadly hurricane ever.

颶風Flora使超過8000人死亡，成為史上排名第六的颶風殺手。


1954
Hurricane Hazel killed more than 100 people and destroyed several towns. The storm also wiped out 40 per cent of the coffee trees and 50 per cent of the cacao crop.

颶風Hazel導致超過100人死亡、數(shù)個城鎮(zhèn)被毀。它同時還摧毀了40%的咖啡樹和50%的可可作物。

1946

The largest recorded earthquake in modern times on the island of Hispaniola was an 8.1-magnitude temblor that produced a tsunami and killed 1,790 people. Centered in the Dominican Republic, it extended into Haiti.

現(xiàn)代有記載的最強烈地震，8.1級大地震發(fā)生在伊斯帕尼奧拉島、造成海嘯并導致1790人死亡。伊斯帕尼奧拉島當時屬多米尼加共和國，隨后并入海地。

1935

An unnamed storm killed more than 2000 people.

一場無名風暴導致超過2000人死亡。