One-third destroyed … Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 17 January. Photograph: David Levene Most people witnessing the devastation in Haiti have felt ­powerless to help, but not architects. Since the earthquake on 12 January, some 350 British architects …

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated.

Frances Etienne stirred a pot scavenged from her shattered home, bending over the small meal, her son’s lime green T-shirt tied around her waist. Her boy — Marcus, age 9 — perished a week ago in the earthquake

Frances Etienne stirred a pot scavenged from her shattered home, bending over the small meal, her son’s lime green T-shirt tied around her waist. Her boy — Marcus, age 9 — perished a week ago in the earthquake.

Editor’s note: Pierre Fouche is a Haitian citizen and doctoral candidate in the earthquake engineering program at the University at Buffalo-State University of New York School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo, New …

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated. “Have you heard from your daughter and other family members?” my …

I learn about the earthquake last Tuesday night when a text message comes from a friend in New Orleans, with the kind of news you never want to hear. Haiti had been devastated.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haitian leaders estimated Wednesday that tens of thousands of people have died in the aftermath of the earthquake that throttled this impoverished Caribbean nation, as the United States and other countries mobilized a vast …

Haitian leaders estimated yesterday that tens of thousands of people have died in the aftermath of the earthquake that throttled the impoverished Caribbean nation, as the United States and other countries mobilized a vast rescue and relief effort to …