Haitians ambassador to Haiti : `` If there is another aftershock , there is a kind of wail as people are very frightened by it , '' Williams said . Infrastructure of island nation poor in best of times . Williams calls quake `` a catastrophe of major proportions '' People are reported out in the streets , cowering in strong aftershocks . World Bank says lack of any building standards in U.S. makes residents vulnerable .
Haitians ambassador to Haiti : Infrastructure of island nation poor in best of times . Williams calls quake `` a catastrophe of major proportions '' People are reported out in the streets , cowering in strong aftershocks . World Bank says lack of any building standards in U.S. makes residents vulnerable .