ハイチ地震 - Haiti Earthquake (translation at the end)

　今からハイチで発生（はっせい）した大地震について書かせていただきます。
　ハイチは、アメリカの南にある列島（れっとう）の一つの島にある国です。ハイチでは、千万人ぐらいの人がすんでいました。


　一月十二日にハイチで２００年の間一番大きな地震が発生しました。地震はマグニテゥード７．０でしたので、大統領宮殿　（きゅうでん）、 議会議事堂（ぎかいぎじどう）国連本部（こくれんほんぶ）などの建物が倒壊（とうかい）されました。ハイチのプレバル大統領が地震の犠牲者（ぎせいしゃ）が数千人に達する（たっする）恐れがあると語いました。世界中の人たちが今ハイチで人を助けたり水や食べ物を送ったりしています。建物を立て直したり、体の傷を直したり、心の傷をいやすためには何年もかかりますので、世界中の協力が必要です。


　約２００，０００人が死亡し、２５０，０００人が大ケガしたそうです。大地震で出た死者や行方不明の人はハイチの人だけじゃなく、外人達も５００人以上はいるそうです(Foreigners)。ケガをしなくても、何人もが家を失い、水や食べ物があまりなくて困っている。一週間以上たっているが、強い余震は続いてる（４．４−５．３）。


　ハイチでの問題はこれからも何年も続くけれども、世界の人達はそれを忘れる恐れが高いので、皆さんハイチの為に祈り続けるのを忘れないで下さい。


I would like to write about the earthquake which hit Haiti.
Haiti is a country located on one of the islands south of the United States. The population of Haiti was about 10 million before the earthquake.
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by the most severe earthquake it has experienced in 200 years. Since the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0, even buildings such as the presidents palace was destroyed. President Preval announced right after the earthquake that he feared more than several thousand people have died from this quake. People from all over the world have been helping with the search-and-rescue teams, and providing food and water for the people in Haiti. Not only will the people of Haiti have to rebuild their homes and become physically healthy again, but they will also have to heal emotionally as well, which always takes a long time. In order for Haiti to at least partially recover, people from around the world must work together.
Around 200,000 people are said to have died in this earthquake, and another 250,000 are in need of urgent care. Over 500 people from countries other than Haiti are either missing or dead (Foreigners). Even if they have not been injured by the earthquake, many have been left homeless, and are in need of water and food. Even after over a week, there are still massive aftershocks (4.4-5.3).
Haiti will continue to have problems for many, many years, but people fear that the world will forget, so please don't forget to continue praying for Haiti.