An earthquake adds to Haiti’s woes

A LLEN JOSEPH was listening to a meditation recording when he felt his house in Paillant moving from side to side. “It was as if I were surfing a huge wave,” he says. Mr Joseph’s town (see map), home to about 20,000 people, was close to the epicentre of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2. It struck Haiti on the morning of August 14th. A tropical storm followed just days later, complicating rescue efforts as it brought floods and landslides. So far more than 2,000 people are confirmed dead—a number that is bound to rise. Thousands more are injured, missing or homeless.