BREAKING UPDATE: At least 1,200 people have died and hundreds more injured after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti.
and was followed by a string of aftershocks, hit around 5 miles from the town of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, just over 90 miles west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, at a depth of about 6 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
People look for survivors at a destroyed house after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes on Saturday.Video posted to social media showed residents pulling stunned survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings after homes, hospitals, schools, churches and other buildings were damaged or destroyed.11 years ago, killing tens of thousands of people."The neighbors, I saw them running and running.
Henry, who found himself at the helm of the struggling country after Moïse's assassination, has said officials will look to hold elections for a new president as soon as possible. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he was"saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti" and pledged a U.S. response.
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