At least 12 deaths have been confirmed following an earthquake in
northwest Haiti, after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the island late
Saturday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
At least five of the deaths were
registered in the the Port-de-Paix area, Jerry Chandler, the head of the
country’s Civil Protection disaster response unit, told the Miami
Herald.
The earthquake occurred about 12 miles north of Port-de-Paix in northwest Haiti.
Haitian officials are expecting
the death toll to go up and were preparing to deploy disaster workers to
the area early Sunday. Eddy Jackson Alexis, the secretary of state for
communications, said the ministries of interior and health had received
reports of seven dead, including in Gros Morne, a community in the
Artibonite region.
By sunrise on Sunday, the preliminary figures had climbed to 12 dead,
scores of injured individuals along with dozens of homes and private
buildings damaged or destroyed in the northern region of Haiti. There
was no major damage, however, to government structures other than a
cultural center in Gros Morne that collapsed, Civil Protection said in
its early morning update on the situation.
“Search and rescue, and
assessment still ongoing,” said Chandler, who had teams activated
throughout the northwest and in Gros Morne. In some areas, efforts were
being stymied by rain, which had flooded streets.
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The last time an earthquake hit Haiti was in 2010; more than 300,000 people were killed.
My thoughts are with Haiti and I offer my sincere condolences to the families who lost a loved one. This is just awful. After doing some research I found a link to the American Red Cross where you can donate to help with earthquake relief by clicking here.
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