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| Hospitals 'overwhelmed' with patients after 'devastating' 7.2-magnitude quake in Haiti |
| 2021-08-15 |
| [NYPOST] Hospitals near the epicenter of a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti are "overwhelmed" with patients as Haitians erupted into the streets frantically digging through rubble for casualties. Among the dead is the former mayor of Cayes, Gabriel Fortune, whose body was found in the rubble of a hotel he owned in the city, which is at the epicenter of the quake, 75 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince. There are several other victims under the hotel’s rubble, according to Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste. The newspaper reported four dead and "many maimed in the emergency room" at the main hospital in the city, Immaculee des Cayes. "We are mobilizing all of our resources to aid the victims," said Prime Minister Ariel Henry in a tweet, soon after the morning quake struck the south of the country. "I send out my sympathies to the relatives of the victims of this Jerry Chandler, Haiti’s director of civil protection, told the AP that the corpse count stood at 29 and that teams will be sent to the area for search and rescue missions. "The situation unfolding in Haiti right now is devastating, and we must do all we can to support the Haitian people today and in the months to come," tweeted New York Attorney General Letitia James. "My thoughts and prayers are with them and our Haitian communities here in New York" The chairs of the Congressional Haiti Caucus also expressed their sympathies to Haitians in a statement Saturday. We have a Congressional Haiti Caucus? Who knew? "This earthquake could not have come at a worse time for the people of Haiti; the nation is in the throes of a political crisis, the effects of the compounding COVID-19 pandemic, and is still recovering from the disastrous earthquake that hit the island’s southern peninsula more than a decade ago," said the statement. "We remain committed to championing adequate aid to the region, supporting bilateral relations and policies that will ensure Haiti’s full economic and political recovery, and the emergence of a durable, Haitian-led democracy." Haiti earthquake death toll rises tenfold to 227, with hundreds missing [IsraelTimes] Haiti’s civil protection agency says at least 227 people have been killed, with hundreds injured and missing, in an earthquake that shook the Caribbean country earlier today. "The corpse count from the earthquake has risen to 227, including 158 in the south," near the epicenter of the quake, the agency posted on Twitter, adding that hundreds more were maimed and missing. Initial estimates said just 29 people were killed in the 7.2 magnitude quake. Related: Haiti: 2021-08-01 US Marine quick reaction force deployed twice in last 30 days to defend embassies Haiti: 2021-07-27 Border Patrol Opens Gates to Hundreds of Migrants near West Texas Town Haiti: 2021-07-21 Haiti minister says ‘big fish' behind president's killing still at large
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I don't think the Clinton grifters/criminals will be welcome in Haiti this time. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-15 13:07 |
| #7 "Overwhelmed hospital" joins concern trolls and "I'm a lifelong Republican but I voted against Trump" in the pantheon of "uh, yeah. Sure..." headlines. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-15 12:07 |
| #6 Building codes? Or said another way, enforced building codes. Santa Domingo is more prosperous than Haiti, despite being the other end of their common island. My guess: it is a bit harder to bribe the building inspectors. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-15 11:57 |
| #5 ^ Building codes? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-08-15 11:49 |
| #4 So why don't these earthquakes and hurricanes totally devastate Santo Domingo as well? They're on the same island, Hispaniola. |
| Posted by: jpal 2021-08-15 10:56 |
| #3 give them time p2k |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-08-15 10:29 |
| #2 QUESTION: Given the general opinion is the Clinton's skimmed a few $million from the last Haitian Relief Fund. Is it Obama's or Biden's turn now? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-08-15 07:39 |
| #1 Most died from Covid, right? Oh, wait, the Swamp people in Washington aren't paying for the filled in death certificates from Port-au-Prince. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-15 07:25 |