D Monday, January 18, 2010 News ALMOST a week after Port-au-Prince was devastated by the earthquake, the stench of death hangs over the city. Witnesses report piles of bodies in the streets and an overpowering smell in the worst affected areas of the Haitian capital. Save the Childrens Jon Bugge said supplies are also critically short, with some survivors having barely eaten since the quake struck and women forced to give birth in the open with no water despite temperatures of 33C. At the end of the road where were staying there are piles of dead bodies, he said. However, he added the worst devastation may be in outlying towns to the west of the capital such as Leogane, where the UN estimates up to 90 per cent of buildings have been destroyed. These areas have yet to see any sign of foreign aid, he said. Stench from bodies is hanging over city MORE earthquakes like the one that devastated Haiti are inevitable and world leaders must take action now to prepare for the worst. Geophysics professor John McCloskey from the University of Ulster, forecasts massive quakes in the near future and said western Sumatra in the Indian Ocean close to where the 2004 Indonesian tsunami occurred is under most threat. His warning is set out in a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Prepare for worst, quake expert warns Help: Irish and Spanish rescuers search rubblety Alive: Saint-Helene Jean-Louis, 28, is found in debris four days after the quake Hope: Monitors reveal life Chaos: A Haitian policeman stops the looters
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