 January 12, 2010, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura zvikuruyakarova kunze kwePort-au-Prince. Guta guru racho nemataundi akanga akapoteredza zvakaparadzwa zvachose uye vanhu vane miriyoni vakasara vasina pokugara. Vanhu 50 000 vanonzi vakafa. Musi waJanuary 14, nhengo dzekutanga dzeboka reAlight dzakasvika muPort-au-Prince. Vakatanga kuronga zvavaizoita, vakaunganidza vashandi vomunzvimbo yacho, uye vakaronga pamwe chete neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose nevamwe. Mumazuva nemavhiki akatevera, vamwe vashandi vaiva neruzivo rwekubatsira vanhu vanenge vawirwa nenjodzi, rwokugadzira zvinhu, rwokurapa, rwemvurarwokuchenesa tsvina, rwokugovera pokugara, uye rwokudzivirira vanhu vakasvika muHaiti. Alight akagovera zvokudya kuvanhu 2.200 muruwa rweDelmas rwePort-au-Prince, zvipfeko zvehutsanana nezvokubikira zvevanhu 1.000 muruwa rweNazon. Musi wa 26 Ndira, Alight akatanga kutarisira kugarwa kwevanhu zviuru zvishanu mudunhu reTerrain Acra rePort-au-Prince, vachishanda nemasangano anobatsira akawanda. Mumwedzi mishomanene yakatevera ukuru hwomusasa hwakakura kusvika kuvanhu 25 000. Pavagari vemo 19 vakazara zvikurusa pa 300 yose zvayo, Terrain Acra ndiyo bedzi yaiva nesangano raitarisira nokuronga mabasa okuyamura. 