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Photos of Port at Port-au-Prince by Glenn Rix, Georgia Tech

There are two piers at the port. The north pier is where the crane is that many may have seen in photos. The wharf was completely destroyed by liquefaction-induced lateral spreading and is now submerged. At present, no effort is being made to restore operations at the north pier because of the extensive damage. The […]

Photos from EERI Social Impacts Reconnaissance Team

Shelter Damage and fear of aftershocks (or another large earthquake) has displaced over 1 million Haitians from their home. This has resulted in about 315 IDP camps in Haiti sheltering 7-800,000 people.             Figure 1. Bourdon bioville (hillside slum) residential damage. Figure 2. National soccer stadium IDP camp (there are many more tents outside the […]

Photos of building damage

            Figure 1. Institution Paul Delmas area.   Figure 2. Slumtown.   Figure 3. Digicel 3-story.                         Figure 4. Digicel 3-story.   Figure 5. Digicel 3-story.   Figure 3. Digicel 3-story.                         Figure […]

Photos of building damage

                                                    Figure 1. Presidential Palace: collapse of center dome.    Figure 2. Residential area: severe damage.                       Figure 3. National Bank of […]

Photos from low-rise un-engineered construction

                                                                      Fig. 1. Note slabs and lightweight roofs in typical residential construction (1-2 story, 3-story less common).   Fig. 2. Confined masonry: […]

Photos of societal impacts

         Fig. 1. Herb seller displaced from Iron Market, Port- au-Prince.   Fig. 2. Crowd of displaced persons at Presidential Palace.   Fig. 3. Tent camp adjacent to Presidential Palace.                     Fig. 4. School papers, St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children. Fig. 5. […]

Photos of recovery & rebuilding

                                      Figure 1. Cash-for-work cleanup crew, Nerette, Petionville.   Figure 2. Life goes on, Port-au-Prince.               Figure 3. Salvaging materials, Holy Trinity Church.   Figure 4. Fonkoze microfinance NGO, hard at […]