Bethlie Paul survived an earthquake in Haiti when she was 10. Over the next 15 years she made the most of her time.

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide.

Bethlie Paul, who was pulled from the rubble of a 2010 earthquake in Haiti and later brought to San Antonio to recover, has died following complications of a long-term health condition. She was 25 years old.

A stricken city lay in ruins with every institution destroyed and countless thousands dead. In the aftermath of the disaster, with no effective security forces to restore order, heavily armed gangs vied for mastery and anarchy soon took hold.

Disaster Tech Lab, a global nonprofit providing communications and disaster response support, confirmed today that it is mobilizing a combined communications and medical response team to Cebu following the 6.

Estebanía is located in the Azua Province of the Dominican Republic in the southeast part of the province, about 64 miles, or 103 km from the capital of Santo Domingo. The earthquake comes more than two months after the area experienced a 5.7 magnitude quake that struck on August 5.