Magnitude of 7.2
The number of people known to have died after a major earthquake in Haiti has risen to 1,297.
Officials say more than 5,700 are injured.
The magnitude 7.2 quake struck the south of the country on Saturday morning.
Rescuers are attempting to find survivors amid the rubble, ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.
Tropical Storm Grace expected to hit the Caribbean country tonight.
Chief executive of Help for Haiti, Skyler Badenoch, says the nation is heading for a humanitarian crisis:
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared a month-long state of emergency.
The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 1,297 as neighboring countries rushed to send aid and rescuers scrambled to find survivors buried beneath the rubble before a tropical storm hits https://t.co/BiRQiuw40o pic.twitter.com/ecvkQ18CO0
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
On 12th January 2010 thousands of people died in an earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0, that struck the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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