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More Than 1419 People Dead, 6900 Injured As Earthquake Strikes Haiti by Idamond: 8:44am On Aug 17, 2021
Haiti earthquake: Death toll climbs as Tropical Depression Grace hits

At least 1,419 people are known to have died in the 7.2-magnitude quake. More than 6,900 were injured, and an unknown number are still missing. Tropical Depression Grace is expected to dump up to 25cm (10 inches) of rainfall over the worst affected area.
It is feared the deluge could trigger landslides.
Social media footage showed heavy rain pouring over the island's east, with the quake-hit west next in its path.
Roads already made impassable by the quake could be further damaged by the rains, so aid teams are racing to get essential provisions to the quake-hit region.
On Twitter, Haiti's civil protection agency urged "good neighbours whose space has not been affected" to help shelter displaced people.
Search and rescue teams have been arriving from the United States and Chile, with more on the way from Mexico. Cuban medical teams are already in Haiti and helping people.
Humanitarian organisations say survivors need drinking water and shelter. More than 30,000 families have reportedly been left homeless.
Homes, churches and schools were among buildings flattened in the quake. Some hospitals were left overwhelmed and in need of supplies as they struggled to treat the injured.
The earthquake compounds problems facing the impoverished nation, which is already reeling from a political crisis following the assassination of its president last month.
The south-west of Haiti appears to have suffered the worst of the damage, especially around the city of Les Cayes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58222888

Re: More Than 1419 People Dead, 6900 Injured As Earthquake Strikes Haiti by hybrid11(m): 8:55am On Aug 17, 2021
Haiti again cry cry
God have mercy on them...
I think those people in Haiti should locate their originality and come back to African, that location they took for settlement after they pass the bill of freedom of slaves ain't helping.
Come back home, we have enough space in northern Nigeria to contain you all
Re: More Than 1419 People Dead, 6900 Injured As Earthquake Strikes Haiti by Idamond: 8:56am On Aug 17, 2021
hybrid11:
Haiti again cry cry
God have mercy on them...
I think those people in Haiti should locate their originality and come back to African, that location they took for settlement after they pass the bill of freedom of slaves ain't helping.
Come back home, we have enough space in northern Nigeria to contain you all

why not deploy your land in the south for them
Re: More Than 1419 People Dead, 6900 Injured As Earthquake Strikes Haiti by hybrid11(m): 9:05am On Aug 17, 2021
Idamond:


why not deploy your land in the south for them
South landmass is small ,you know it
Is not a joke

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