- Title: Haitians scramble to rescue survivors from ruins of major quake
- Date: 15th August 2021
- Summary: LES CAYES, HAITI (AUGUST 15, 2021) (REUTERS) DIGGER REMOVING DEBRIS RESCUER GOING INTO HOLE TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS DIGGER, RESCUERS AND FIREFIGHTERS OVER DEBRIS DIGGER REMOVING DEBRIS AND RESCUE TEAM AT SITE RESCUERS AND FIREFIGHTERS STANDING ON TOP OF DESTROYED HOME RESCUE TEAM AT SITE PEOPLE WATCHING RESCUE EFFORTS, DIGGER NEAR RUBBLE RESCUERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT SITE OF COLLAPSED STRUCTURE EXTERIOR OF 'INMACULADA CONCEPCION LES CAYES' HOSPITAL TENTS WHERE THE INJURED ARE BEING TREATED OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES AND VEHICLES ON THE STREET
- Embargoed: 29th August 2021 16:55
- Keywords: Haiti Les Cayes disaster earthquake firefighters rescuers
- Location: LES CAYES, HAITI
- City: LES CAYES, HAITI
- Country: Haiti
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,South America / Central America,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001EQE4NYF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Haitians laboured to pick through shattered buildings in search of friends and relatives trapped in rubble on Sunday (August 15) a day after a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 700 people.
The death toll from the 7.2 magnitude quake rose to 724 on Sunday, as a tropical storm bore down on the Caribbean nation.
The quake flattened hundreds of homes and buildings in the impoverished nation which is still clawing its way back from another major temblor temblor 11 years ago and has been without a head of state since the assassination of its president last month.
Southwestern Haiti bore the brunt of the blow, especially in the region in and around the city of Les Cayes. In a news conference on Sunday, Haitian officials said the toll from the disaster had climbed to 724 as the rescue work continued.
Churches, hotels, hospitals and schools were badly damaged or destroyed, while the walls of a prison were rent open by the violent shudders that convulsed Haiti.
The rescue efforts are set to be made more complicated by the arrival of Tropical Storm Grace, which is set to lash Haiti with heavy rainfall on Monday (August 16). There was also the possibility of flash flooding, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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