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A deadly earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early on Tuesday, as the Caribbean nation was reeling from devastating flooding at the weekend that killed more than 40 people. Two homes collapsed in the earthquake, and a key route that connects Jeremie and Les Cayes was blocked, according to Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency. The earthquake struck …

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Authorities say the official death toll has risen to 2,189 following the earthquake in the country’s south. New tremors have hit the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed nearly 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more. ‘On its knees’ Prime Minister Ariel Henry said that …

Tremors have shaken buildings in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, according to a witness, just a few days after a devastating earthquake that killed almost 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more. Key points: Haiti is still reeling from the 7.2 earthquake on Saturday The death toll has exceeded 2,200 Crucial aid is struggling to …

People injured in Saturday’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake lie in beds outside the Immaculate Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti. In a statement, the U.S. military’s Southern Command said that it was moving eight helicopters from Honduras to Haiti and that seven U.S. Coast Guard cutters were en route to support the USAID team. Two cutters already are there along with …

LES CAYES, Haiti — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm. “And this disaster coincides with political instability, rising gang violence, alarmingly high rates of malnutrition …

The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. “We have learned that the local hospitals, in particular that of Les Cayes, are overwhelmed with wounded, fractured …

An earthquake with a powerful magnitude of 7.2 that hit the Caribbean island country Haiti has reported a death toll of at least 724. “We have learned that the local hospitals, in particular that of Les Cayes, are overwhelmed with wounded, fractured people.” Rescue workers and bystanders were able to pull many people to safety from the rubble. His widow, …

The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead and a minimum of 2,800 injured. “We have learned that the local hospitals, in particular that of Les Cayes, are overwhelmed with wounded, fractured people.” Rescue workers and bystanders were able to pull many people to safety from the rubble. …