PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Ua paʻi ke olai ikaika i ka ʻāina ʻilihune o Haiti i ka ʻauinalā o ka Pōʻalua, kahi i hiolo ai kahi haukapila a uwē nā kānaka no ke kōkua. Ua poino kekahi mau hale.
He 7.0 ka nui o ka ōlaʻi a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi o 14 mau mile (22 kilomita) komohana mai ke kapikala ʻo Port-au-Prince, e like me ka US Geological Survey.
Ua ʻike kekahi mea paʻi kiʻi ʻo Associated Press i ka haukapila i wāwahi ʻia ma Petionville kokoke, a ua hōʻike kekahi luna aupuni o ʻAmelika i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hale i hāʻule i loko o kahi awāwa.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa koke nā kikoʻī hou aʻe e pili ana i nā hopena a i ʻole nā poino ʻē aʻe.
"ʻO ka poʻe āpau wale nō, haʻalulu a haʻalulu," wahi a Henry Bahn, he luna kipa me ka US Department of Agriculture. "He hina wale ka lani me ka lepo."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bahn e hele ana ʻo ia i kona lumi hōkele i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka haʻalulu.
"Hoʻopaʻa wale wau a lele i luna o ka pā," wahi āna. "Lohe wale au i ka leo nui a me ka uwa a me ka uwa ma kahi mamao."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bahn, aia nā pōhaku i hoʻopuehu ʻia a ʻike ʻo ia i kahi awāwa kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai kekahi mau hale. "Ua piha wale ia i nā paia hiolo a me nā ʻōpala a me nā uwea ʻauʻau," wahi āna.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua ʻike kahi mea paʻi kiʻi ʻo Associated Press i ka haukapila i wāwahi ʻia ma Petionville kokoke, a me kahi U.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bahn, aia nā pōhaku i hoʻopuehu ʻia a ʻike ʻo ia i kahi awāwa kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai kekahi mau hale.
- “I just hear a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance.
