The number of deaths due to the earthquake in Haiti increased from 227 to 304 people, reports the British TV channel Sky News.
The country’s authorities announced an emergency regime. Injuries during the earthquake received at least 1.8 thousand people. Rescue operations conducted by military and civilians made it possible to pull out many people from under the dawns. Hospitals continue to take victims. Hundreds of people are considered missing.
The oscillation of the earth’s crust of the magnitude of 7.2 points occurred on Saturday, August 14, 125 kilometers from Port-O-Priss. As the Prime Minister Haiti Ariel Henry noted, the earthquake inflicted “huge damage” to the southern regions, some cities were “completely destroyed.” The authorities promised to mobilize all resources to help residents affected by distress.
Earlier it became known that the number of those who died due to the earthquake on Haiti can reach several thousand people, and the victims are tens of thousands. The forecast was made on the basis of the analysis of the data density data.