Rescue efforts continue in Haiti following a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake
A damaged building in Les Cayes, Haiti, following Saturday’s powerful earthquake. Photo: Ralph Tedy Erol/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Hundreds of people are dead after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, collapsing buildings and causing heavy damage in the western region of the country’s southern peninsula. As of Saturday afternoon, at least 227 people had been reported dead, according to the country’s civil-protection agency, along with countless more injured.
The epicenter of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on Saturday morning. The orange dots are recorded aftershocks ranging from 4.1 to 5.2-magnitude. Illustration: Screencap/USGS Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry said on Saturday that some towns had been almost completely destroyed by the quake, and that hospitals in the port city of Les Cayes had been overwhelmed with injured. The town of Jeremie was also reportedly hard hit.
Prime Minister Henry declared a monthlong nationwide state of emergency in response to the disaster. U.S. president Joe Biden, in a statement on Saturday, offered his condolences, vowed that the U.S. “will be there in the aftermath of this tragedy,” and named USAID administrator Samantha Power to coordinate the U.S. response.
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