Death toll in Haiti earthquake goes above 300, injures over 1,800: rescue ops on

Haiti

People in the Caribbean Island nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and to help rescue those trapped in the rubble of collapsed homes, hotels and other structures. Saturday’s earthquake struck the southwestern part of the hemisphere’s poorest nation, almost razing some towns and triggering landslides that hampered rescue efforts in two of the hardest-hit communities. The disaster also added to the plight of Haitians, who were already grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and deepening poverty. The epicentre of the quake was about 125 km (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said.