What caused so many people to die in 2010 in Haiti?
In 2010 there was a very large earthquake which killed over 100 000 people in Port au Prince, the capital city of Haiti. The earthquake was magnitude 7.0.
Many people died because they were trapped under buildings. After the earthquake, people did not have clean water to drink, much food to eat, or homes to live in, and many people got sick from diseases such as Cholera. The roads and buildings, including hospitals, were destroyed so emergency services were not able to get to people who were injured. There were also a number of aftershocks.
This week, we are going to write an explanation about why so many people died in the f2010 earthquake in Haiti.
I am looking for sentences that add detail in different places, as well as correct punctuation.
Write an introduction: write two sentences about Haiti. Now write two sentences about the earthquake. Write one sentence to say what you are going to explain.
Start writing here:
Haiti is a very poor country in the Caribbean. Haiti is a poor country because they have no food but they only have some food. In 2010, there was an earthquake that was big. It rumbled the whole city. After the earthquake there was not enough food or clean water! People died because they got stuck under stuff and got sick. Over 200,000 people died because there was not that much tables to go under. I am going to explain why so many people died in the earthquake.
One of the reasons why people were dying was because they were trapped under roofs and wood. Glass was smashing on people and cutting them. When people came out they had broken bones.
Another reasons why so many people died was because so many of their shops were smashed so they could not get any food or water.