NU Online News Service, Jan. 27, 3:15 p.m. EST
The Haitian earthquake caused an estimated 250,000 fatalities–and disease, starvation and lack of medical care could push the death toll higher, a catastrophe modeling firm said.
Risk Management Solutions in Newark Calif., said the quake, which destroyed more than 4,000 buildings in Port-au-Prince alone, had limited impact on the insurance industry, but raises questions about the earthquake risk across the Caribbean, the potential of an earthquake on nearby faults, and what lessons can be drawn from an event such as this.
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