Haiti’s hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people and left some 5,700 injured.
Devastating Earthquake
The 7.2 magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in the Caribbean nation, still clawing its way back from another major temblor 11 years ago and reeling from the assassination of its president last month.
Southwestern Haiti bore the brunt of the blow, especially in the region in and around the town of LesCayes. In the northwestern city of Jeremie, another badly hit area, doctors treated injured patients on hospital stretchers underneath trees and on mattresses by the side of the road, as healthcare centers have run out of space.
Devastating Earthquake
Authorities raced to bring doctors to the worst-hit areas before Tropical Depression Grace lands. The storm is expected to lash Haiti with heavy rainfall on Monday, which may trigger landslides and cause some rivers to flood, Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said.
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