What have we done to deserve this? Quake makes Haitians relive many traumas

Saturday’s earthquake kills over 300 people, reviving memories from a decade ago, with storm Grace still to come

15 August 2021 - 18:43 By Andre Paultre and Kate Chappell

When Lydie Jean-Baptiste saw her neighbours running from their homes on Saturday and felt the ground begin to shake beneath her feet, the 62-year-old Haitian was flooded by terrifying memories of the earthquake a decade ago that devastated her hometown...

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