les cayes i and inles cayes -- i am in les cayes.quake was happening, i was inside with my house with my baby. hit my head against the wall and fell down. i have injuries. i can see everyone is panicking. this morning, we had anoth -- all of the people who were trying to sleep inside their house, they run out and are panicking. he asked the question again, please? amy: what are the greatest needs in the injuries you are treating. are you getting enough supplies and you have enough doctors and medical staff to help with those who are injured? >> in les cayes, especially, we have not enough doctors to care for the patients. in t back place of the country -- we need doctors. people need food and water. they need clothes. many of them have infected wounds so they don't have anyone to care for them where they are. i can even see people trying to drink the well water during the earthquake. a become and your family -- amy: and your family, can you describe what happened to your family as you help others? >> i own family, they are -- where m

you are now in les cayes. — situation here. you are now in les cayes, what _ situation here.. you are now in les cayes, what has the - situation here. you are now in | les cayes, what has the picture you have been confronted with? could you repeat the question? what does it look like in les cayes, now you are there? restarted to visit sites that suffered destruction. the fear is people will be forgotten or not receive the aid they need. buildings have been destroyed. i spoke with the owner of a hotel whose look of disbelief in his eyes when i spoke to him about what he will do next, it is a difficult situation here. absolutely, then made so much worse by the weather?- worse by the weather? yes, absolutely- _ worse by the weather? yes, absolutely. so _ worse by the weather? yes, absolutely. so many- worse by the weather? yes, absolutely. so many people| worse by the weather? 133 absolutely. so many people have been left without homes and then on top of that, it has been raining all night. it is just devastating for so many families here. in addition, that contributes condition

but the images coming from les cayes and jeremie and other places on haiti's southern peninsula, theye right back. >> sreenivasan: why is it that it was and is so difficult for haiti to recover from natural disasters and especially the big quake? >> i mean, it really goes back to haiti's history with the outside world, with this region. look, it's a relationship of predation, of interference, of exploitation after the 2010 quake. you know, looking back on it sort of in the years immediately following, my main take was that, you know, the moment that the quake hit was too late, that the preparations needed to be in place before that, that the money that had been taken from haiti needed to have been returned before. the haitian government needed to be in a strong place in which it could respond anthat it was too late. and the last 11 years were a period in which some of those things could have been improved and instead all of those things got worse. and here we are. >> sreenivasan: we're also at a time when the government is still relatively unstable. we just had an assassination. a new

amy: among the dead are the former mayor of les cayes? >> yes.or of les cayes, also the advisor to the assassinated president jovenel moÏse and a former senator. a very cute figure. -- a very huge figure. he died in the rubble. he was among seven individuals were four individuals taken to a local hospital to confirm that they had died. that was probably the biggest news in terms of the debt. -- news in terms of death. everybody has a story about someone. yesterday i visited a business owner of a supermarket and hotel. two of his employees died. i spoke to a security guard and she could still smell the scent of death even though they had retrieved the bodies. one of them it was just body parts. it was a fellow security guard whom she had just relieved at 6:00 and this quake happened at 8:30 a.m. amy: if you can talk about the hospital, the needs right now? >> one of the things we saw before and we've seen it today, people are not waiting for aid to rescue them. they're doing it on their own but doing it with a lack medical bandages and tapes, anes

even more acute in remote areas. 0ur correspondentjames clayton managed to travel to the town of les cayeshis report. many of these people were asleep when the earthquake hit, their homes caving in. it's hard enough to treat survivors of any natural disaster, but when the hospitals themselves are under fear of collapse, it makes it all the more difficult. well, this hospital is simply too unsafe to have people stay inside. so they've brought everyone outside here and they've tried to place them under trees, under tents, to try and keep them a little bit cooler and out of the hot sun. but what you're seeing here is 48 hours after the quake, the doctors have run out of painkillers, they've run out of antibiotics, and there are major concerns about things like infection. elsie had just woken up when the earthquake hit. her son has a serious compound fracture and needs to be taken to the airport to be lifted out. seeing him in such pain is overwhelming. there simply aren't enough facilities to treat people in this remote part of the country. from the hospital, some of the injured are taken to

james clayton, bbc news, les cayes.risich, who's a child physical therapist at hope health action in haiti. she is on call waiting to recieve injured persons from the earthquake sent by air ambulance. she joins us from cap—haitien. thank you forjoining us. can i ask, what will you do? you are on call now as a child physical therapist. what do you bring to therapist. what do you bring to the children who come to you? yes, so we are based in cap—haitien in the north are not directly affected by the earthquakes that we are on standby preparing to receive anyone with injury if and when the time comes that it has passed. the time comes that it has assed. ~ ., ,., the time comes that it has assed. ~ ., ., , passed. what sort of in'uries would you i passed. what sort of in'uries would you be i passed. what sort of in'uries would you be dealing h passed. what sort of injuries would you be dealing with i would you be dealing with because obviously off the back of an earthquake, there will be all sorts? . of an earthquake, there

james clayton, bbc news, les cayes. we can now speak to coleen kelly who's ceo concern worldwide. are hearing from one of your colleagues he was also in les cayes and describes a grim depiction of the state of affairs there. how easy is it to get provisions in, let alone too did to them?— too did to them? absolutely, that is the — too did to them? absolutely, that is the big _ too did to them? absolutely, that is the big problem - that is the big problem everyone is having. —— distribute them. the road took about six hours, normally about half of that. they are trying to quickly clear the roads but up to quickly clear the roads but up until this point it is been by air and sea to get supplies and food in. we did have enough kits for about 10,000 people with non—food item kits. water, sanitation products, cooking supplies. we have gotten those in. we will be quickly be giving a cash transfer system in to try to get cash into the hands of the people on the ground. hands of the people on the round. .,, . ground. those are the urgent issues, ground. those are the urgent issues. i _ gr

as you head out from the city of les cayes to rural marceline, the road is marked by landslides... ..me to her house. her 15—year—old son was charging his phone when the quake hit. the wall collapsed on him. translation: these are his books. he had recently got them so he could start a new year of school. and now, he's gone. i wrap his shirt around my waist. it keeps me strong. when you come to these rural areas, the level of destruction just ups a notch. almost every single house here is completely destroyed. five people were killed in this house alone. and to understand why, you have to look at the cement and rock that these houses are built from. it's really hard to lift this, it's really heavy and of course, when those kinds of walls full down, they can cause catastrophic injuries. with no sign of aid or help, many people are living on top of the rubble of what was their homes. "do we have to scream for the government to hear us," this woman says, "or is life over?" the people of haiti feel like they've been forgotten. and in many ways, they have. james clayton, bbc news, marcelin

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. >> reporter: we're here at this hospital in les cayes. the united states coast guard is also here. we know over the course of the last couple of days since the earthquake struck, they rescued numerous victims, and have brought in thousands of pounds of supplies to the affected area. >> we have all kinds of rescue equipment. we have over 80 rescuers working in this area. >> reporter: desperation is growing as many of the hospitals are overwhelmed, forcing some patients to be treated outside-- including this woman and newborn child. this young boy with a broken leg was lucky to get a bed. he says he's doing okay. today, we traveled with world central kitchen, a humanitarian group that prepared thousands of meals and delivered it to some people who haven't eaten in days. >> we know they are hungry. they are really hungry. they lost their houses. they lost everything. so for sure, that's the most important thing for them right now, is to eat, to stay alive. >> reporter: all day long, aircraft behind me have been flying in the critically injur

james clayton, bbc news, les cayes.o get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. queues in shops ahead of new zealand's lockdown, as four new covid cases are confirmed. we'll hear from a kiwi in isolation after returning from the uk. this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines: taliban leaders vow to respect the rights of women in their first public comments since re—taking control of afghanistan. the uk has announced plans to welcome up to 20,000 afghan refugees and calls on other nations to do the same. four new cases of covid—i9 have been confirmed in new zealand. the country has gone into nationwide lockdown again after reporting its first community case of covid—i9 in six months. the prime minister said all the cases have been confirmed as delta variant. this is what she had to say. 0ur hospitals kicked straight into gear, already identifying patients they've worked with, getting on with testing straight away, making sure they were putting in

i'm standing on the rubble of what used to be a four-story hotel here in les cayes.the earthquake struck on saturday, several people were crushed and killed, including a former haitian senator. and that's the thing about earthquakes: they don't discriminate. many of the homes and businesses in les cayes, one of haiti's largest cities, have been destroyed, forcing survivors to camp out in the open. this is the village of maniche. mayor david brinard says 98% of the town has been obliterated. he says the most urgent need right now are tents and materials to rebuild their homes. when you get up close to these homes, you can see the full scale and destruction of the earthquake. this car was completely flattened by the collapsing building. if you look across the street here, this church has stood in the town of maniche for over 110 years-- utterly destroyed. this woman says she lost her home and her sister in the quake. she says she's traumatized right now, and she doesn't have anywhere to go. despite the anguish, there are small miracles. today, 16 people were pulled out

he's in les cayes, where he found a lot of looting and very few rescue efforts for survivors taking placeel in the les cayes region, which is where we are right now. you can kind of get a scale for what happened here. if you look to the right, that would presumably be part of the roof, a part of this building that collapsed into the swimming pool. if you look further to the left, you can see kind of a teeter set of columns up there that is basically very precariously perched. then back done here, you can see an excavator that was presumably part of the search and rescue efforts that took place. according to authorities, there is very much likelihood that there remain bodies in this rubble, and yet there's not really a lot of search and rescue efforts here ongoing. what is ongoing, as you can see people walk behind me here with metal, is looting. people are coming through this site taking basically whatever they think they can sell, metal, we saw a dresser be taken out. this goes to the desperation in this area. this is a very poor part of haiti that has been devastated by previous natural

james clayton, bbc news, les cayes.bbckarishma. the situation for haiti for instance, or afghanistan, the situation for haiti for instance, orafghanistan, i'm on twitter. i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... queues ahead of new zealand's lockdown as four new covid cases are confirmed. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: taliban leaders vow to respect the rights of women in the

james clayton, bbc news, les cayes.xford have begun trials of a new vaccine against the plague. 40 volunteers will receive the treatment, designed by the same labs that created the 0xford—astrazeneca covid jab. the world health organisation says anywhere from a thousand to two thousand people get the plague every year and some die, but due to under reporting, the true number of cases could be much higher. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. protection from an ancient killer — a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine's safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that's been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people. and so that's the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans

amy: the mayor of les cayes among many others was also killed in the earthquake, is that right?t for people who are not familiar with haiti, the southern peninsula, how connected it is to the rest of the country. >> jÉmie is about -- about an hour by plane about an hour and a half connected to cayes, which is the next largest city to us in jÉrÉmie and it is about three hours from the city of cayes to port-au-prince. it is connected by a main highway. it must be said the road betweencayes and jÉrÉmie right faced a lot of destruction. the bridge to enter jÉrÉmie has been damaged, which means at this time jÉrÉmie is disconnected from the rest of the country. so aid has to come in airplane or c. -- osea. it also must be said of the situation, a lot more severe in cayes than that of jÉrÉmie. amy: we are talking to nadesha mijoba country director for , haitian health foundation. go ahead. let me ask you one other question. corporate media and the united states, delete focused on does people immediately started eluding. i think it would be very differently described in the u.s. when pe

steve verdieu lives in les cayes.nd he's been living outside for fear of aftershocks. there is a slight delay on the line, so thank you for talking to us. are you still living outside?— to us. are you still living outside? yes, we are still livin: outside? yes, we are still living outside. _ outside? yes, we are still living outside. because i outside? yes, we are still- living outside. because staying inside is dangerous right now. because we are afraid, we are outside all day and also during the night. outside all day and also during the niuht. . , ., ., the night. that is tough for obvious reasons. _ the night. that is tough for obvious reasons. i'm - the night. that is tough for obvious reasons. i'm goingj the night. that is tough for i obvious reasons. i'm going to bring in some pictures because i know you have found these and we are going to show them to all viewers now. this is the devastation around you, what happened near your home. it is heartbreaking to look at the damage. clearly, you are ok physically, wh

. >> reporter: across southwestern haiti tonight, mangled misery this is les cayes, the largest town to bear the brunt of saturday's monstrous earthquake this used to be a massive five-story hotel. an untold number of people died here and right now the search-and-rescue mission is over and the demolition is under way. the 7.2 magnitude quake was more powerful than the 2010 catastrophe that killed an estimated quarter million people but this one hit a much less populated area, about five hours south of port-au-prince still, the haitian government says more than 1400 people are dead and 6,000 are injured, many crushed by collapsing buildings. so many families displaced, with more than 37,000 homes damaged or destroyed and now as tropical depression grace drenches haiti, concerns about new mud slides with so many communities already cut off. this is near the earthquake's epicenter, and people here are desperate this hospital is overwhelmed, and they've set up beds outside with men, women, and children hooked up to ivs under the hot sun. some of them are still searching for family member

at this les cayes camp, they surrounded bags of fd aid.tried to assure fellow survivors there was enough food for everyone, a scuffle broke out. >> there's a lot of hungry people here, and they're doing exactly what anybody on this planet would do if their kids were hungry. there is a lot of desperation and unrest. >> yang: tom cotter is the director of emergency response and preparedness at project hope, a non-governmental humanitarian group. he said that more than a week after the initial quake, some badly-injured people are just now getting medical attention. >> it's really a critical time >> some are coming by motorcycle. some are coming by pickup truck. we even had someone come in today that had been carried. a man probably in his 60s, with crush injuries to his limbs, having been >> yang: the u.s. coast guard has sent crews to evacuate injured itians. brazil and germany have also sent rescue teams and doctors. peter kaup is with the german team. >> ( translated ): it helps to see that we are able to improve the situation significantl

the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude quake struck near les cayes. this young woman is being treated for two broken legs. she was injured by falling debris as the earthquake hit. she said she started to run when broken concrete fell on her and a man by her side who was killed. this is just another major set back for a country that hasn't fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 220,000 people and a nation still reeling from the assassination of its president just over a month ago. they say there is hope. >> we understand the dire situation we are in but we will come out of it. >> reporter: the storm could dump enough rain in the quake zone where hundreds of thousands of survivors are sleeping out in the open and that could potentially bring disease and hunger. they're promising to increase relief efforts by ten fold. vladimir duthiers, cbs news, port au prince, haiti. >>> flash flood warnings as fred threatens heavy rain. there are wind gusts of 60 miles an hour. right now the storm is barrelling no flood alert stretches as f

as you head out from the city of les cayes to rural marceline, the road is marked by landslides... ..he village is remote and the scale of the damage, catastrophic. rosemary took me to her house. her 15—year—old son was charging his phone when the quake hit. the wall collapsed on him. translation: these are his books. - he had recently got them so he could start a new year of school. and now, he's gone. i wrap his shirt around my waist. it keeps me strong. when you come to these rural areas, the level of destruction just ups a notch. almost every single house here is completely destroyed. five people were killed in this house alone. and to understand why, you have to look at the cement and rock that these houses are built from. it's really hard to lift this, it's really heavy and of course, when those kinds of walls fall down, they can cause catastrophic injuries. with no sign of aid or help, many people are living on top of the rubble of what was their homes. "do we have to scream for the government to hear us," this woman says, "or is life over?" the people of haiti feel like they'v

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even more acute in remote areas. 0ur correspondent james clayton managed to travel to the town of les cayese epicentre and sent this report. many of these people were asleep when the earthquake hit, their homes caving in. it's hard enough to treat survivors of any natural disaster, but when the hospitals themselves are under fear of collapse, it makes it all the more difficult. well, this hospital is simply too unsafe to have people stay inside. so they've brought everyone outside here and they've tried to place them under trees, under tents, to try and keep them a little bit cooler and out of the hot sun. but what you're seeing here is 48 hours after the quake, the doctors have run out of painkillers, they've run out of antibiotics, and there are major concerns about things like infection. elsie had just woken up when the earthquake hit. her son has a serious compound fracture and needs to be taken to the airport to be lifted out. seeing him in such pain is overwhelming. there simply aren't enough facilities to treat people in this remote part of the country. from the hospital, some of the

in the seaport of les cayes, many people are believed to be buried under the rubble of two collapsedus. haiti hasn't yet fully recovered from a magnitude seven quake near the capital, port—au—prince just over a decade ago. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston hello. it is turning into a very mixed but not particularly dramatic weekend of weather. saturday brought a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain for some. it's a similar mix as we head into sunday. a couple of frontal systems, this curl of a weather front here bringing rain for parts of northern ireland, england and wales at times. this front pushing into northern scotland promises some pretty hefty showers. and in between, some zones of drier, brighter weather. some patchy rain likely to push across east anglia and the south—east through sunday morning, but then brighter skies follow, at least for a time. more cloud for wales and the south—west, spots of rain here. some rain for a time in northern england, but northern ireland should brighten up with some sunshine. quite a lot of dry weather for southern and central parts o

the town is two hours from les cayes, and the road snakes through earthquake—scarred villages and even is what's left of the town's church. a mass christening was about to begin just before the earthquake struck. the church had been filling up with people. dafica had woken up excited. her daughter was one of the dozens of children to be christened that day. translation: the church already had a lot of people inside, - so i was looking for a good place to sit. i put my bag down and just as i was about to sit down, the earthquake struck. everyone started running but each side of the church was full of people. i was holding my baby. i tried to get out of the front. i was so nearly out and that's when it collapsed on me. dafica suffered injuries to her head, back and legs, but survived. her daughter esther died in her arms. translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the church, we were two, but i came back alone. i will never forget her. this is a town still in mourning. 22 people died here in the collapse, including many children. this man shows us belongings laid out in the cemete

the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude quake struck les cayes a coastal town located eight miles from the capitol of port- au-prince. this woman is treated for two broken legs, injured by fallen debris as the earthquake hit. she says she started to run when broken concrete fell on her and a man by her side, who was killed. this is just another major setback for a country that hasn't fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 220,000 people, and a nation still reeling from the assassination of its president jovenel moise just over a month ago. still haiti's ambassador to the u.s. bocchit edmond says there is hope. u.s. bocchit edmond says there is hope. >> we understand the dire situation we're in, but the most important thing is we will come out of it. >> o'donnell: and vlad joins us from port-au-prince. with this tropical depression grace headed towards haiti, what's the big fear there? >> reporter: norah, the storm making landfall in haiti could make landfall in the quake zone, make landfall in the quake zone, potentially bringing mudslides, disease and hunger. >>

pape, i know that your team works very closely with the immaculate conception hospital in les cayes, which is the largest public health hospital in the region that was most impacted by the earthquake. what are you hearing from your contacts on the ground, and what's the suation there right now? >> well, i think that they have done a fantastic job. the first two days were hectic because they were-- they were having a lot of people coming in and they were short of staff. but since they've had 12 orthopedic surgeons that have been coming and they are helping to treat hospitals in the area, that has helped a lot. now, the situation, as you know, is the fact that they are having aftershocks. and yesterday there was one that was particularly violent, because i felt it in my office in port-au-prince. so, when you have that situation, people had to evacuate all the buiings. and because of tropical storm grace, many people could not stay outside in the rain. they had no shelter, so they had to take a chance to get inside a building that could collapse. so those are the dangers. >> reporter: t

as you head out from the city of les cayes to rural marceline, the road is marked by landslides... ..catastrophic. rose—marie took me to her house. her 15—year—old son was charging his phone when the quake hit. the wall collapsed on him. translation: these are his books. he had recently got them so he could start a new year of school. and now, he's gone. i wrap his shirt around my waist, it keeps me strong. when you come to these rural areas, the level of destruction just ups a notch. almost every single house here is completely destroyed. five people were killed in this house alone. and to understand why, you have to look at the cement and rock that these houses are built from. it's really hard to lift this, it's really heavy and of course, when those kinds of walls full down, they can cause when those kinds of walls fall down, they can cause catastrophic injuries. with no sign of aid or help, many people are living on top of the rubble of what was their homes. "do we have to screen for the government to hear us?" this woman says, "or is life over?" the people of haiti feel like they

even more acute in remote areas. 0ur correspondentjames clayton managed to travel to the town of les cayeswhen the earthquake hit, their homes caving in. it's hard enough to treat survivors of any natural disaster, but when the hospitals themselves are under fear of collapse, it makes it all the more difficult. well, this hospital is simply too unsafe to have people stay inside. so they have brought everyone outside here and they have tried to place them under the trees, under tents, to try and keep them a little bit cooler and out of the hot sun. but what you're seeing here is 48 hours after the quake, the doctors have run out of painkillers. they have run out of antibiotics. and there are major concerns about things like infection. elsie had just woken up when the earthquake hit. her son has a serious compound fracture and needs to be taken to the airport to be lifted out. seeing him in such pain is overwhelming. there simply aren't enough facilities to treat people in this remote part of the country. from the hospital some of the injured are taken to this airport waiting for a flight ou

the town is two hours from les cayes, and the road snakes through earthquake—scarred villages and even town's church. a mass christening was about to begin just before the earthquake struck. the church had been filling up with people. dafica had woken up excited. her daughter was one of the dozens of children to be christened that day. translation: the church already had a lot of people inside, _ so i was looking for a good place to sit. i put my bag down and just as i was about to sit down, the earthquake struck. everyone started running but each side of the church was full of people. i was holding my baby. i tried to get out of the front. i was so nearly out and that's when it collapsed on me. dafica suffered injuries to her head, back and legs, but survived. her daughter esther died in her arms. translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the church, we were two, but i came back alone. i will never forget her. this is a town still in mourning. 22 people died here in the collapse, including many children. this man shows us belongings laid out in the cemetery across the street,

the town is two hours from les cayes, and the road snakes through earthquake—scarred villages and even the town's church. a mass christening was about to begin just before the earthquake struck. the church had been filling up with people. dafica had woken up excited. her daughter was one of the dozens of children to be christened that day. translation: the church already had a lot of people inside, _ so i was looking for a good place to sit. i put my bag down and just as i was about to sit down, the earthquake struck. everyone started running but each side of the church was full of people. i was holding my baby. i tried to get out of the front. i was so nearly out and that's when it collapsed on me. dafica suffered injuries to her head, back and legs, but survived. her daughter esther died in her arms. translation: we were inseparable. when we went _ translation: we were inseparable. when we went to _ translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the _ translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the church, - translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the church, we -

in les cayes, a sign of hope, as people pull a woman and child from the rubble. another man, covered in dust, carried out of what's left of this building. the injured treated in the open air. the country's hospitals stretched thin. the sheer destruction seen rek. this hotel reduced to piles of debris. people believed to be inside. rescuers cutting through concrete in search of survivors. the acting prime minister, ariel henry, declaring a state of emergency for a one-month period. the quake striking 78 miles west of the capital of port-au-prince, just around 8:30 this morning. usgs predicting high casualties and widespread disaster for the caribbean country already in turmoil. the quake along the same fault line of the catastrophic 7.0 in 2010 that killed an estimated 250,000 people. a disaster from which haiti is still recovering. >> this earthquake is larger than that earthquake in 2010. it's about two times more energetic than that magnitude seven earthquake. the impacts on both human life and infrastructure in haiti are likely to be very devastating. >> repor