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PORT-AU-PRINCE( Reuters)-A" humanitarian corridor" through Haiti's gang-infested areas should be established so aid can flow to the southern regions hit by a powerful earthquake on Saturday that killed more than 1, 200 people, a U.N. official said on Sunday. The United Nations and the Haitian government have struggled to send medical supplies and doctors by road to the town of Les Cayes, which bore the brunt of the damage, due to security concerns.... Instead, they have been using boats and air

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti— Criminal violence in Haiti worsened this week.... with fighting among gangs in part of the capital chasing thousands from their homes and killing at least 20 people, including children. Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said the fighting began Sunday in four neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, north of the international airport.... Schools and businesses in the area remain closed as thousands of families with children camp in a park near a local mayor’s office. Advertisement

Drone footage has shown the devastation caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti, which has so far caused the deaths of 1, 297 people, and inured thousands more.... Around 7, 000 homes were destroyed and nearly 5, 000 damaged, including hospitals, schools, offices and churches in what is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.... Footage taken from above on Sunday showed structures turned to rubble, and of swathes of towns such as Les Caynes, on the Haitian coast, almost turned to

People look for goods while an excavator removes rubble from a destroyed building in Les Cayes, Haiti, onAug 18, 2021.... PHOTO: REUTERS" There were a lot of mudslides in the mountains that injured and killed a lot of people....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An anguished cry in Creole echoed across the battered south of Haiti on Sunday as a devastated people sought to rescue friends, neighbors and loved ones from the rubble left by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake. Support our journalism.... Many, many victims. The death toll from the earthquake that shook this Caribbean nation on Saturday rose to nearly 1, 300, authorities said, as government officials sought aid from U.S. first responders.... But they were unable to save a 47

Open this photo in gallery Firefighters search for survivors inside a collapsed building, after Saturday′s 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug.... Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals. The devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night.... No help, nothing from the government, ” Auguste’s sister, Bertrande, said.In scenes

？ Close Moment woman and child rescued from rubble after Haiti quake The death toll from a devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti has risen to 1, 297, officials have said as rescuers desperately search through the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors. Thousands more people are injured and displaced from their homes after the magnitude 7.2 quake struck on Saturday. Hospitals in the Caribbean country are buckling under huge patient numbers while aid workers struggle to get supplies to the

LES CAYES, Haiti— Under Haiti’s burning heat, Jennie Auguste lies with a lost, distant stare on a flimsy foam mattress placed on an airport’s tarmac.... A resident of the nation’s southwest, Auguste has wounds in the chest, abdomen and arm after the roof of the store where she worked collapsed during Saturday’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake.... Here in the badly damaged coastal town of Les Cayes, healthcare facilities are at capacity, so Auguste can only wait — for space at a local hospital or a sp

The disaster added to the plight of Haitians who were already grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and a wave of gang violence. The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers( 78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said.... On Sunday morning, people lined up to buy what little was available: bananas, avocados and water at a local street market.... “ We have learned that the local hospitals, in particular that of Les Cay