Haiti after the quake: Chaos, Death and Devastation - Haiti nach dem Beben: Chaos, Tod und Verwüstung

Dominating the news = die Nachrichten this week are the awful images and stories coming out of the devastation = die Verwüstung in Haiti. The number of lives lost in the massive earthquake = das Erdbeben there is only the start. The survivors = die Überlebenden of the catastrophe = die Katastrophe struggle to stay alive in a place where all rule of law has collapsed, while rescue teams = die Rettungsteams who come from all over the world = aus aller Welt have begun a race against time = der Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, desperately trying to bring help = die Hilfe into a place where there is only one airstrip = die Start- und Landebahn, der or die Runway, where the harbour = der Hafen took the brunt of the earthquake and roads = die Straßen have been shattered by it. Haiti has become a place where a drama featuring the best and the worst in human nature = die menschliche Natur is being played out in real time. Forget about watching apocalyptic = apokalyptisch movies about the end of the world; Haiti is experiencing = erlebt it first hand now.