'The people of Haiti are not only going to have to deal with this earthquake and its aftershocks but also this impending tropical storm.'
The earthquake killed more than 300 people, and hundreds are still missingWith the death toll now at 700 people and more than 2,800 injured after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti Saturday morning, the beleagured nation faces the threat of fast-approaching Tropical Storm Grace potentially exposing an already vulnerable population to a double impact in a matter of days.
"The number of fatalities does not always make it out," he told ABC News."There’s a lot of time that has to go into recovering individuals from buildings and accessing areas and towns." Jerry Chandler, Haiti's director of civil protection, said that teams will be sent to the area for search and rescue missions,The Haitian government"believes high casualties are probable given the earthquake's magnitude," Bocchit Edmond, the country's ambassador to the U.S., said in a statement Saturday afternoon.
, and along the exact same fault line -- the Enriquillo Plantain Garden -- but farther west and in a less-populated region.Residents survey the damage from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake which hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug 14, 2021.
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