Haiti earthquake death toll rose to 1,419

The provisional balance of Magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck southwest Haiti saturday passed at 1,419 dead and over 6,900 injured, according to data from the country’s civil protection services released on Monday.

In addition, in terms of material damage, reports recorded the destruction of more than 37,000 homes.

Haiti hit by storm Grace

Tropical Depression Grace pours torrential rains on Haiti and threatens to leave floods and landslides in that country and the neighboring Dominican Republic, the American warned. Miami-based National Hurricane Center.

In the small seaside town of Port HiAs in the rest of the affected areas, residents faced a dilemma: stay outside to protect yourself from aftershocks, or move to damaged buildings to take refuge from Tropical Depression storm Grace.

The city hospital decided to try protect patients crammed in the courtyard under plastic sheeting since the earthquake and from midday Monday, patients were transferred inside the facilities despite fear of aftershocks.

“Doctors are asking us to go back under the concrete slab tonight, but at this point we’re not sure. He’s still shaking, that’s why we came outWilfried Labaye, 41, said before the decision was made to put everyone there.

His wife, Esperance Rose Nadine, 36, was lying on the floor next to him. Both of her legs were crushed when her house in the nearby mountains collapsed. Labaye was worried not only about his wife’s health, but also about the weather, from which they cannot escape. “I don’t know what this storm will look like“, He said.

(With information from AFP)

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