Man rescued from Haiti rubble two weeks after quake

The man was rescued from under rubble A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince - two weeks after the earthquake that destroyed the city. US troops rescued the man from the ruins of a building in the centre of the city, and he was taken to hospital. He had been trapped under the rubble for 12 days, the US military said, and was severely dehydrated. The rescue comes 14 days after the 7.0-magnitude quake, which killed as many as 200,000 people. HAITI'S REMARKABLE SURVIVORS Emmannuel Buso, 21 - rescued after 10 days Marie Carida, 84 - saved after 10 days Mendji Bahina Sanon, 11 - trapped for eight days Lozama Hotteline, 25 - pulled out after seven days Elisabeth Joassaint, 15 days - buried for seven days, half her life Ena Zizi, 69 - rescued after seven days Haiti quake: Survivors' stories Haiti has been rattled by at least 50 tremors since the original quake. The survivor, a man in his 30s, was pulled from the ruins covered in dust and wearing only underpants. "He was buried in the rubble for 12 days. The man had a broken leg and severe dehydration," a statement from the US military said. Although he had been trapped by an aftershock rather than the initial earthquake, the man is the longest survivor so far under the rubble. On Saturday, Haiti's government declared the search and rescue phase for survivors over. It is estimated more than 130 people have been pulled alive by rescue teams in the Haitian capital since the quake. However, many more have been rescued by ordinary Haitians, often with their bare hands. Aid call Earlier, Haitian President Rene Preval made an urgent appeal for more tents to house up to a million people left homeless by the tremor. More than 130 people have been pulled alive from the ruins in Port-au-Prince Mr Preval said 200,000 tents were needed before the expected start of the rainy season in May. His call came as donor nations and organisations met in Montreal, Canada, to assess the aid effort. Mr Preval, who lost his house in the quake, is planning to move into a tent on the lawn of the destroyed National Palace in the centre of the capital. The Haitian government wants to relocate some 400,000 people, currently in makeshift camps across the capital, to temporary tent villages outside the city. But aid workers warned that if the camps were too big they could pose security problems, including robberies, rapes and gang activities. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she "resented" criticism of American assistance to Haiti. She pinpointed some media outlets which had "either misunderstood or deliberately misconstrued what was a civilian and military response".

Frigid 2010 Forecast: How Cold will the Winter Weather Be?

Old Man Winter doesn’t want to give up his frigid hold just yet, but his hold will mostly be in the middle of the country.

According to the 2010 Farmers’ Almanac, this winter will see more days of shivery conditions: a winter during which temperatures will average below normal for about three-quarters of the nation.

A large area of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians (see map). The coldest temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But acting almost like the bread of a sandwich, to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with temperatures that will average closer to normal—theWest Coast and the East Coast.

What about snow/rain/ice?

Near-normal amounts of precipitation are expected over the eastern third of the country, as well as over the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, while drier-than-normal conditions are forecast to occur over the Southwest and the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes.

Only the Central and Southern Plains are expected to receive above-average amounts of precipitation.

Blizzards?

While three-quarters of the country is predicted to see near- or below average precipitation this winter, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any winter storms! On the contrary, significant snowfalls are forecast for parts of every zone. For the Middle Atlantic and Northeast States, for instance, we are predicting a major snowfall in mid-February; possibly even blizzard conditions for New England (indeed, even shovelry is not dead).

What about spring and summer?

Find out when the first and last snowflakes may fall in your area by ordering a copy of the 2010 Farmers’ Almanac today.

Check out how accurate the Farmers' Almanac winter weather predictions were last year.

Get the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac Forecast here.

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