Haiti quake toll soars to over 1,200

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 16, 2021 9:29 am

Les Cayes, Haiti: The death toll in Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday (Monday in Manila), as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president's assassination.

In Les Cayes, as in other hard-hit cities on the southwestern peninsula, most of the population spent the night sleeping outdoors in front of their houses -- or what remained of them -- amid fears of new aftershocks.

People search through the rubble of what used to be the Manguier Hotel after the earthquake hit on August 14, 2021 in Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. AFP PHOTO

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