Haiti Faces Repeated Natural Disasters in Recent Years

The Caribbean nation of Haiti has experienced multiple natural disasters in recent years, including four destructive tropical storms in 2008, highlighting ongoing challenges with natural calamities.

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The Caribbean island nation of Haiti has been beset by a series of natural disasters in recent years, experiencing four devastating tropical storms in 2008. Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake will only further complicate living conditions for residents of the poverty-stricken country where 80 per cent of Haiti's nearly nine million people live below the poverty line. Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports. 13 Jan 10

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