Caribbean Haiti expects a tropical storm while still dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake
The 7.2 magnitude earthquake registered last Saturday in southwestern
Haiti
caused at least
1,941 deaths and 9,900 injuries
, according to the latest official balance released this Tuesday.
This balance of victims represents
522 more fatalities than the previous day
, according to data from Civil Protection, the body that coordinates rescue operations.
The official balance shows that 34 people have been rescued alive from the rubble in the last 48 hours.
The earthquake has
directly affected 136,800 families
, who have been left homeless after the earthquake destroyed 60,759 homes and caused structural damage to another 76,121, as well as 25 medical centers that have registered damage.
The authorities estimate that some
684,400 people need urgent humanitarian aid
, which represents about 40% of the population of the three departments most affected by the earthquake, located in the southwestern peninsula of the country.
The most affected area is the department of the South, whose capital is
Les Cayes
, a region that concentrates 1,597 dead, 6,805 injured and 58,715 destroyed or damaged homes.
The earthquake, registered last Saturday near the town of
Petit Trou de Nippes
, is already the second deadliest in the last 25 years in Latin America, a list that tops the devastating earthquake that occurred in 2010 in the Caribbean country, in which they died. about 300,000 people.
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