in 2010, a magnitude seven quake near the capital, port au prince, killed an estimated 200,000 peoplethat was in 2010, in terms of deaths in today's that is saturday's earthquake at 7 pop 2, so far reports of 29 people dead: earthquake at 7 pop 2, so far reports 0ur correspondent david willis has been following events from los angeles. david, 0ntak an hour ago and the us has now responded and reacted to what has happened in haiti, what has been agreed?— been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles — been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles to _ been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles to the _ been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles to the west _ been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles to the west of - been agreed? well, this earthquake was 18 miles to the west of the - was 18 miles to the west of the haitian capital port—au—prince which is good news in the sense it is away from a heavily populated area. bad news though, that it was both stronger and deeper than the one that you referred to back in 2010, which caused such devastation to the capital, po

coast guard has been evacuating the injured, including this wounded child arriving in port-au-prince for treatment. the earthquake could not have come at a worse time. haiti is in the midst of a political crisis and is following the assassination of its president and is being threatened by a tropical storm which could bring heavy rain and mudslides to the already crippled nation. cbs news, port-au-prince, haiti. >>> as parts of the caribbean get ready for the impacts from tropical storm grace, fred regained its tropical storm strength and is expected to make landfall in the florida panhandle. fred is currently tracking through the eastern gulf of mexico and is expected to strike florida as early as this afternoon. the threat of flooding rain and gusty winds will also spread in stercarg, and alabama. >> i can put these sandbags along the downstairs backdoor and so any blowing rain won't seep through. i don't think it's going to be a flood thing. >> parts of the south are under flood alerts. up to a foot of rain could fall in the florida panhandle. in alabama and georgia, up to nine in

haitianjournalist raouljunior lorfils also gave us this update from port—au—prince. think there will be a huge need of help in rebuilding maybe the houses that have collapsed, especially public buildings like high schools. and so far, we have seen reports that hospitals have received many more victims and some of them are about to run out of places for new patients. and as you know, the health care system here in haiti has never been something very strong and especially in these times, it is a huge challenge for everyone, especially for the doctors and hospitals. so, yes, this is what we are starting to have here, we have hospitals running out of spaces while more and more patients are wanting to be saved. the new head of the nhs in england says she fears tens of thousands of people are are risking their lives because they're unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. research also suggests three in five people would delay seeking medical advice because they don't want to be a burden during the pandemic. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson reports. cancer

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in 2010, a magnitude seven quake near the capital, port au prince, killed an estimated 200,000 peopledentjoe biden has authorised immediate help from the us. 0ur north america correspondent david willis is following the story. this earthquake was 18 miles to the west of the haitian capital port—au—prince, which is good news in the sense that it is away from a heavily populated area, bad news though, that it was both stronger and deeper than the one that you referred to back in 2010, which caused such devastation to the capital port—au—prince, killed about 200,000 people, and left more than a million and a half people homeless. so they are still trying to establish the precise death toll, the number of fatalities in this new, this most recent quake, but certainly there are pictures on social media which show considerable devastation, ruined buildings, cars, crushed by collapsed debris and so on and there are also pictures on social media of people crying out and trying to get rescue for their friends and family members, and for haiti of course an impoverished nation, this isjust anothe

you remember port—au—prince.earthquake, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths, so far, and i must stress this, we are simply getting reports of several deaths and this is how the haitian prime minister is describing it, but also enormous damage, social media has been showing video, we have yet to verify them, of buildings and rubble and people also being pulled out of the rubble of what was once their homes. we are getting more on this, we are watching it very closely, do stay with us here on bbc news. we are going to have the latest news on bbc one with rita. first here is the weather. hello, it's a mixed picture this weekend. sunshine for some. cloud and rain for others. has been bringing rain into parts of wales, the midlands, northern england and northern ireland, but elsewhere, we have had some warm spells of sunshine, this is the earlier radar picture you with see we have had the breaks in the cloud, this rain pushing in to northern ireland, northern england, lingering across parts of the midlands and nort

cbs's vladimir duthiers arrived today in the capital port-au-prince and filed this report for us. >> reporter: rescue workers are frantically searching for survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings throughout the areas hit hardest by saturday's earthquake. the epicenter of the powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake was about 78 miles west of the capital of port-au-prince. two cities in the country south were especially devastated. thousands have been injured. >>> we have 2800 injured coming to hospitals. jerry chandler, haiti's civil protection director says, and they are expecting many more. haiti's prime minister ariel henry who issued a state of emergency says they desperately need medical assistance for the injured. international rescuers from virginia's fairfax county and res fire and rescue department aid and assist with rescue operations. with hospitals and clinics heavily damaged, the u.s. coast guard has been evacuating the injured including this wounded child arriving in port-au-prince for treatment. the earthquake could not have come at a worse time. haiti is in th

we are at the airport now in port-au-prince. we are here because this is the hub of everything trying to get to that region at the moment. basically, the main road out of port-au-prince in the southwest of the country, there are two gangs battling over it, so it is very hard for aid to get down that road. instead, it is being flown in. we just saw quite a big plane coming in from chile. countries are bringing in aid by airport and then it is being taken out by airport -- by airplanes or by helicopters. >> coming up, survivors looking for a better life abroad are turned into political ponds. -- pawns. >> hello, your weather story begins right now in the asia-pacific. we have to talk about these storms over southern sections of japan. we can certainly see the moisture when we look through this city. 364 millimeters of rain in the past 24 hours. typically in august, you would see about 180. all of that to say double your average monthly rainfall in just 24 hours. the heavy rainfall continues on wednesday. when you see yellow pop up

mercy corps is among the aid groups and their director karen buck joining me from port-au-prince. so glad you could be with us. how is your team responding to this earthquake and how are you all doing? >> sure. thanks for having me. you know, the epicenter, a lot of poverty and hunger. it's a location that we have a team of 19 on the ground. so we're trying to assess the gravity of the situation. phone connectivity and internet has been very difficult this morning. very challenging. we're getting information coming in around reports of collapsed buildings. as mentioned, along with the tsunami warning. everyone is just really worried about their families and we're trying to ensure the safety of security of our team and communities we work with. >> you said you have about 19 team members on the ground in the area that was hit and communication is spotty. have you already heard from them? do you have any idea of what they have been assessing? where the needs are? how people are doing? >> absolutely. so we have, as mentioned, kind of confirmed the safety of our team on the ground, whi

so that would have put port-au-prince behind the earthquake, if you will. the shaking in port-au-prince was significantly lower. that's the big difference. >> all right. we are all bracing and hoping for the best possible outcome for the people there. susan huff, thank you so much for your time and expertise. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the taliban, it is gaining more ground in afghanistan with each passing hour. another provincial capital falling today. >>> plus, 94,000 cases in a week. number of children fighting coronavirus is growing, and doctors worry the school mask debate will only land more children in hospitals. [relaxed summer themed music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ summer is a state of mind, you can visit anytime. savor your summer with lincoln. psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your

and so, the cities that were affected were quite a t smaller than port-au-prince.coming from les cayes and jeremie and other places on haiti's southern peninsula, they all just take me 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'r

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: this is all happening during a time of political instability as well as the coronavirus pandemic. what are your top concerns in this moment? >> the political concern, of course, is important. but fortunately, i would say that i would like to do after the 2010 earthquake or concentrating on helping the victims. so this is good and i hope it continues. in aition, i think that we have a good prime minister who happens to be a neurosurgeon, so he is well aware he's been very active in the 2010 earthquake. so people are going to continue to operate for people, for us for free. so hunderstands the situation so i think he's leading the country in the right direcon. i hope people in the position will jo

this earthquake, luckily, was further away from port-au-prince. about 80 miles from port-au-prince and 50 miles from where that 2010 earthquake happened. it's fairly close to dense population areas that have populations of 125,000 or more. haiti is a country that's particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on a plate boundary where earthquakes are common, but also because of the prevalence of the construction types and the recovery from the 2010 earthquake itself. so i mean it's an immensely devastating event. >> and what about the powerful aftershocks? how long are they expected to continue? i suppose this could continue for days now. >> yeah, that's a great question. since the earthquake this morning, there's been many aftershocks. that's very common after an earthquake like this. there's been at least four earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater which when you're close to those, they can cause quite a lot of shaking and cause a lot of damage. with an earthquake of this magnitude it is expected aftershocks will continue several days t

nbc's gabe gutierrez went along on one of the missions and has more from port-au-prince. >> reporter: scene throughout the day as humanitarian aid workers are gathering here at the port-au-prince airport to try and get to those areas, the remote areas in this country that need it the most of the right now you can see behind me the u.s. coast guard has landed another one of its helicopters. we have seen several of them land here over the last several hours, and as you can see it appears that they are going to unload some patients that they picked up in one of those areas throughout the country that has been the hardest hit. this is something that we've seen over and over again, jeff. just yesterday we were in one of the towns that was hit the hardest, and we saw patients coming that were in a desperate situation. they were picked up there and brought here to port-au-prince, but there's an untold number of patients throughout this country that have been waiting now for days for this medical attention. we keep hearing from the humanitarian aid workers that they are having a very tough ti

vladimir duthiers cbs news, port-au-prince, haiti. >> duncan: now to the pandemic.ing today on the "face the nation" program dr. anthony fauci asked unvaccinated americans to put aside their concerns about personal liberty and recognize the country's common enemy, covid-19. with infections surging 77% of i.c.u. beds, 77%, are filled nationwide. cbs's lilia luciano is tracking all the latest developments. >> reporter: healthcare is hurting in america's hot spots. in utah i.c.u.s are maxed out, nationwide children hospitalized with covid hit a new record, in southern states it is a public health emergency. >> it's really tragic because we are seeing a lot of people get seriously ill. >> reporter: deaths are spiking, up 155% in the last month. >> please send help now. >> reporter: 90% of hospitalized patients are unvaccinated anthony fauci told "face the nation" this pandemic is preventiable. >> we have about 90 million people who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not. >> u.s.a.! >> reporter: still, more so- called freedom protests are flaring up. this weekend this

this is port-au-prince. this is where the quake in 2010 occurred. this is the one that happened this morning, a little bit farther west but a little bit stronger. one good thing is that it was farther away from the biggest populated area, but again slightly stronger. it was also very shallow too, only about 6 miles deep. anything 44 miles or less is considered shallow, even though i know 44 miles doesn't sound shallow in terms of geologic scale, it is. one thing to notice, the population. over half a million people felt what's considered very strong shaking. 5 million people feeling moderate shaking, not just in haiti but some of the surrounding countries as well. you do have what's considering an orange for economic losses. it's obvious to see that when you see some of the buildings and damage that's already taken place across this area of haiti. one thing to note, these buildings have become structurally compromised because of the main quake. any further aftershocks will continue to do additional damage. even if you don't have a building that's ma

geological survey, it struck about 125 kilometers west of the capital port-au-prince. the caribbean nation is, still, recovering from the devastating earthquake, back in 2010 that killed hundreds of thousands of people. now, the deadly earthquake is, yet, another burden for haiti. a nation that really seems to be in a constant state of crisis. here's michael holmes with that report. michael. >> reporter: a powerful earthquake rocked haiti. some of the video circulating on social media showing just how devastating it was. this man saying he was lucky to be in a building that didn't collapse. but with streets filled with dust and rubble scattered on the ground, others were not so fortunate. the haitian prime minister has declared a state of emergency. one hospital in a southern city said it is overwhelmed with patients and has set up tents outside. when it comes to medical need, said the prime minister, this is our biggest urgency. we have started to send medications and medical personnel to the facilities that are affected. we have sent more personnel to help out. the c

people in desperate need of aid evacuated by air to port-au-prince. an international effort to help is now underway. the u.s. sending a 65-search and rescue team from virginia at the request of the haitian government. the u.s. coast guard is also helping airlift the injured. overall, how significant is the devastation in that part of the island? >> it's a pretty significant scope of damage, a substantial amount of work to be done. >> reporter: this is the latest devastation for a country that has never fully recovered from the earthquake in 2010 that killed as many as 300,000 people. and there is political chaos parked by the brazen assassination of its president last month. now tropical storm grace is forecast to hit haiti tomorrow. yet another blow to a country in crisis. >> now this earthquake over the weekend was actually more powerful than the one in 2010. but the difference was is that its epicenter was in the southwestern part of the country, much more rural than port-au-prince. but still there are now new concerns about tropical depression gra

nothing happened in port-au-prince, and thankfully because port-au-prince is teaming with people and of a million people died. this time it is in the southern part, as you said in your intro. what is going on right now, there's a rush to try to save people who are stuck under the rubble. as you can see, people are using their bare hands, trying to really get to folks who are still alive. now, international rescue, some are on the ground. the chileans are on the ground, the cubans are on the ground, and the americans are on the ground. so there is really help coming up for that region. and so right now, you mentioned about the political situation. it is tenuous at best. we are not sure how strong the current government is in managing this crisis, and so we're looking and taking our cues from them because that's what they're saying. they want everybody to follow their lead. until they ask for something, they ask us to stand by. >> that is the challenge, right? is that you did have this coup, right? you had the president assassinated. you have the new prime minister henry who declared a

as our correspondent said, port-au-prince's death toll was as high as 300,000 because port-au-prince,is so densely populated. this area is a lot more sparse in terms of population, it's very rural. it's mountainous as well. there are lots of remote villages. but thankfully, people aren't as congested as they are in port-au-prince. having said that, it's also harder to get to because these regions are remote. we've seen different bridges that have collapsed, different roads that were never finished building out also being impassable. i know some rescue workers, humanitarian workers have been dealing with gangs that are trying to monetize and take advantage of the situation in terms of letting them have safe passage to go and continue to lend a hand. so the actual mission of getting to these folks and getting as many survivors as possible out of harm's way may be delayed because of some of these infrastructure problems we have and some of the sociopolitical problems that haiti continues to experience. >> can you elaborate for me on those socio political problems? i want to loop back on

fortunately though, it was well south of the densely populated capital, port-au-prince.s is a haitian city called la kai and there was extensive building damage there. a huge hotel collapsed, rubble all over the street, bodies in the street, and the prime minister has just declared a state of emergency that's going to be lasting for a month. he has called on the international community for solidarity at this traumatic time for haitians. >> all right, ed, thank you so much. joining us now gary pierre pierre of "the haitian times" on the ground for us as well. gary, tell us about the area where this quake hit and how populated it is. >> reporter: well, thank you for having me, richard. the area is fairly populated. right now we are looking at about 2.1 million people who are being affected in this earthquake.

monique clesca speaking to me earlierfrom haitian capital port—au—prince. a shotgun and a firearms licence to a man who went on to commit the country's worst mass shooting in a decade. 22—year—old jake davison's victims included his mother. 200 miles from westminster, the home secretary came to plymouth to pay her respects. five people were shot dead by the gunman. the first was his mother, maxine davison. then there was lee martyn and his three—year—old daughter, sophie. 66—year—old kate shepherd, from cornwall, a talented artist. and stephen washington, who was 59 and killed while walking his dogs. it's tragic beyond words, really, really tragic. priti patel promised to support the community, with specialist help for anyone left traumatised. she wouldn't comment on news that the gunman, jake davison, had his firearms licence returned to him last month, even though he posted hate—filled rants online. home secretary, should davison have had a gun? you say you want to reassure people here, a lot of people have questions about gun control. my brain can't proc

right now it's just south of puerto rico about 300 miles away from port-au-prince and the good news, it's weak and slowing down, and landslides will be a big problem as they race across the island and gulf of mexico and looks like a problem for us next week. more immediate problem for the u.s., tropical storm fred heading our way, warnings posted for the florida panhandle. landfall expected late tomorrow and rainfall which will be heavy at times transferred well inland and right behind that will be grace next weekend. linsey. >> rob, thank you. >>> tonight the highly contagious delta variant is pushing hospitals to the brink. the u.s. recording more than 140,000 new infections two days in a row for the first time since january. the summer surge is overwhelming doctors and nurses. tonight we're getting a dramatic look inside an overwhelmed covid ward in a hard-hit corner of our country. zohreen shah is in los angeles tonight. >> i wanted to show you what our covid unit looks like. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreaking scenes unfolding across the country. this arkansas father fighting fo

monique clesca speaking to me from _ speaking to me from port—au—prince earlier on. at least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a fuel tanker explosion in the akkar region, in the north of the country. the incident happened near the syrian border. a dozen ambulances and emergency services are at the scene. a number of people are missing. it is not yet clear what caused the explosion but lebanon has been suffering from an acute fuel shortage. the us president, joe biden, has issued a stong defence of his decision to pull us troops out of afghanistan as the country's fourth largest city mazar—i—sharif was captured by the taliban. in a written statement, he says he'd inherited a deal made by his predecessor donald trump which imposed a deadline for us withdrawal and cut the number of the country's troops in afghanistan down to a bare minimum. he went on to say "one more year, orfive more years, of us military presence would not have made a difference if the afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. " "and an endless american presence

we'll be live in port—au—prince.adcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's six in the morning in singapore, and 2.30 in the morning in kabul — where taliban forces have entered the heart of the afghan capital — almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. fighters were filmed inside the presidential palace, after ashraf ghani — now the former president — fled the country. afghans — and foreign nationals — have been trying to get on planes at kabul airport, but security there is reported to be fragile. the latest developments come after the taliban moved through one province after another in recent days, without much resistance. 0urfirst report is from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. afghanistan has new masters. 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end, the taliban are back. hours after arriving in kabul. earlier, at the same desk the president was clinging to the last fragments of power. but the man gazing down on kabul street has gone, fleeing

it is a bottleneck in port-au-prince.airport today, there wasn't much activity there either. there is a big desperation and frustration here that not more food hasn't come, metals -- medical supplies haven't come, and it is due to rain. lots of people don't have basic shelter. it is a pretty desperate situation and a lot of people are wondering whether any help will come at all. has there been? anchor: a response from the international community setting and the coming 12 or 24 hours, x will arive? james: absolutely. one of the issues is the government here has announced the president was assassinated last month and people do not trust ngos here after the 2010 earthquake where they covered themselves with glory. a little bit of confusing on the ground. people know who should be doing what and what the result of that is. people on the ground actually need to help but are getting it. anchor: james, thank you so much . those pictures, i have to say, what people are living through this week in something. with the recent histor

the person i spoke to in port-au-prince was saying the reports they're getting are the road to jeremyssues on it, not sure if it's passable. that's going to be obviously in the days ahead an important thing to try to make sure is open to get more, you know, relief workers, to get more medical personnel into this area. but at this point it's very hard to assess, you know, what the scope of this is going to be. >> it's already a country that, you know, just lost its president, assassinated a month ago. now this. it is hard to get any hard information. we both have spent a fair amount of time in haiti, anderson, and i want to talk about the haitian people. when i was there, you couldn't help but be awed by their courage and resilience. both are really needed now. as i mentioned, that presidential assassination last month deepens the political turmoil, and the natural disasters of the 2010 quake and hurricane matthew in 2016. does your heart ed ache to see s latest soul-crushing challenge? >> haiti is a country that's been set with difficulties and obstacles both internally and external.

and in port-au-prince, we're joined by stÉpahe vincent.list covering the aftermath of the earthquake for bbc and a piece headlined "the forgotten villages cut off from help." welcome to democracy now! dr. chery, describe what is happening. you are a general practitioner in les cayes, so hard-hit by covid. now you have the earthquake. >> good morning. yes, i am dr. chery marie anne-lise. les cayes i and inles cayes -- i am in les cayes. when the earthquake 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 t

stifling heat where overnight they had to deal with heavy rain some were transported back to port au prince challenge is to reach other hard-hit areas international aide organizations are on the ground and facing challenges with roads blocked, gang violence here in haiti has been a problem communications and logistics transportation is difficult to many parts of the country. again, recovery and relief efforts are ongoing here, carl. >> gabe, haiti one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere the environment was already unstable prior to the storm. when you're seeing evidence of recovery anywhere, what does it look like? >> reporter: well, carl, there's a lot of frustration so far and there are a lot of questions for the current government here. as you know, just several weeks ago the president of haiti was assassinated there's a sort of political vacuum here. there has been frustration for years about government corruption and whether supplies that flow into the country, both after the 2010 earthquake and also the howerful earthquake that hit here in 2019, whether all of those sup

geological survey — with the location of the 7.2—magnitude quake — 150 km west of the capital port—au—princed a red alert for fatalities, saying that high casualties are probable and disaster is likely widespread. a tsunami warning was issued but that danger is deemed to have passed. haiti is still recovering from a magnitude seven earthquake ii years ago that killed more than 200,000 people. we'll bring you more on this as the situation develops. john bellini is a geophysicist with the us geological survey. can you hear me? yes. thank you for “oininu us can you hear me? yes. thank you for joining us at — can you hear me? yes. thank you for joining us at bbc— can you hear me? 133 thank you for joining us at bbc news. could you please update us with the latest details you have? the please update us with the latest details you have?— please update us with the latest details you have? the latest details we have is that _ details you have? the latest details we have is that the _ details you have? the latest details we have is that the magnitude - details you have? the latest details we have is

the epicenter about 78 miles west of the capitol of port-au-prince. how the quake is affecting bay area families with ties to haiti. >> tonight i spoke with a haitian family that's feeling the devastation of the earthquake here in the bay area. i'm wondering how much more can the country take. >> it's devastating. i than both of us woke up to the news. we have family members in haiti. we have friends that have family members, loved ones. >> reporter: sonoma county father, a pastor in novato, are heartbroken. new video and images coming out of haiti are an all too familiar reminder of the 2010 earthquake in the capitol of port-au-prince. it killed hundreds of thousands of people. >> it's hard to get in touch with our family members. my father, he has a brother that still lives in haiti. >> it's almost impossible. >> reporter: based on his location, they believe he is safe. still they worry about how much this country can endure. >> with everything that's going on in the world right now, with the pandemic, the assassination of the president, we have tro

today's quake could be worse than the tremors that leveled the capital port-au-prince in 2010. welcome to fox news, i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: they're warning there could be casualties. it great to be with you, unfortunately with this bad news, jacqui. i remember as the first reporter in haiti in 2010 for fox news, the absolutely stunning, surreal images of building after building after building just pancaked and the number of casualties, tens of thousands and you really got a sense for a damage that the quake like this did in 2010, it was a 7.0, and now this, a 7.2. already, i have reached out to some contacts that i have in the capital, port-au-prince. they say it doesn't appear it was damaged excessively. greta van susteren was a reporter in the wake of 2010, set up a children's home there and i texted her immediately, is the home okay? she says that things are doing well, but obviously, to the west, 125 kilometers west as you can see on our map, a different story. >> we're hoping that there's no sort of repercussions here with the tsunami or anything of that sort. ryan has

the most seriously injured are being evacuated to the capital, port-au-prince.ories to tell. >> reporter: the helicopter convoy bringing the most seriously injured from the earthquake zone to port-au-prince, haiti, running from sunup to sundown. today they're greeted by a surgeon, a broken bone specialist, who quickly evaluates their condition. the 7.2-magnitude earthquake left more than 2,000 people dead and over 12,000 people injured, causing hospitals in haiti to be completely overwhelmed. a short distance by air from la caille to port-au-prince, but getting here can be a slow process. this 23-month-old girl suffered a laceration running from thigh to ankle in saturday's earthquake. when she finally was flown into the capital, her leg was badly infected. >> took a long time to get her here. it about three days. the facilities are pretty good, it's the issue that they are dealing with in the countryside. >> reporter: many of the patients coming in, children. >> translator: as i was sleeping, the bed was shaking. and then i ran. and there was a brick in front o

vladimir duthiers reports from port au prince. >> reporter: this shows the widespread destruction. now dozens of search and rescue teams are desperately digging through mountains of debris looking for any signs of survivors. good samaritans use their bare hands to pull this woman and young boy to safety after they were buried under this collapsed building. 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

the epicenter was 78 miles west of port-au-prince. images from a coastal town in the south showed a church oddly damaged, a crack running through the center. major devastation also in another town, not far from the epicenter. this disaster on the heels of last month's assassination of the haitian president. the countries prime minister already declaring a state of emergency. government officials, relief agencies and you and representatives -- un representatives assessing the damage. president biden has named an administrative aid to coordinate relief. now, tropical storm grace is headed toward the island and there are concerns haiti could face the same level of devastation scene after an earthquake shattered the country 11 years ago, killing more than 200,000. dion: this country has been through so much. we spoke with the woman in the capital city of port-au-prince who felt the earthquake. it is about 100 miles from the epicenter and not hit as hard as other parts of the country, even so, the quake sent people running into the street.

this one hit about 30 miles west of port-au-prince and the latest hit 50 miles further west. this is a catastrophe anyways of major proportions i would call it. >> after 2010, billions of dollars in humanitarian aid came from other countries and from private support. haiti is not going to get that kind of money this time in part because so much of the money spent, people feared, didn't get spent to making the country stronger, improving the infrastructure. there's now a tropical storm on the way. you have political instability following the president's assassination. given all of this, how bad is this going to be for haitians? >> hopefully it will get -- in the short term, is going to be very challenging and difficult situation because as you said, very few countries in the world can deal with so many back to back catastrophe. losing president to a brazen assassination. basically, the strongest earthquake in history of earthquakes in the country and in coming days a storm. very few countries in the world could cope with something like this. haiti, it is going to get worse bef

nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the ground for us in port-au-prince. >> reporter: good morning, hallie.t guard is expected to bring supplies and medical personnel so some of the hardest-hit regions and being asked to evacuate dozens of critically wounded patients here to port-au-prince and we should warn you, some of the images in this story are hard to watch, but haiti's prime minister declared a state of emergency here after one of the most powerful earthquakes this country has ever seen. this morning, a country in crisis. people tearing through rubble to find any signs of life, after a monstrous 7.2 magnitude earthquake on saturday devastated southwest haiti. the death toll now soaring to nearly 1,300, with more than 5,000 people hurt, many seriously. >> people just started screaming everywhere, on the streets and just out of, you know, panic and fear. >> reporter: the massive quake flattening buildings across haiti's southern peninsula, triggering landslides that cut off access to lost their homes are now sleeping on nearby soccer fields. hospitals already pushed to the brink by the

. >> it struck in western haiti over 90 miles from the capital of port-au-prince the usd logical survey measured a magnitude of seven.2 stronger and shallower seven.zero that devastated haiti 11 years ago it is stronger but 6 miles down. not as many predicted to be killed that there is death and devastation on an island and now fox news coverage on reaction from the haitian community and then on the tropical storms that are threatening the region but first let's go to the latest with the disaster in haiti. >> that struck off the haitian coast 6 miles beneath the surface we were talking about that debt very important. what you need to look out for is especially in what is relatively shallow water believe it or not at 10000 meters is the possibility of a tsunami the united states did issue a tsunami warning almost immediately but then lifted it. the reports on the ground suggest that while some coastal area was flooded it did appear to retreat so good news on that front but the second danger is that what it can do on the island itself a stranger and there things are not quite as good it w

i understand you are in port-au-prince.can you tell us about what you experienced earlier this morning and what you are seeing in the aftermath of the earthquake. >> sure. i mean, you know, we were jolted out of bed early this morning with a lot of movement and you can only imagine what the team and communities were feeling in the epicenter, which is, you know, located in the southwestern part of the country. phone and internet has been very spotty and really challenging due to the earthquake. you know, initially we are getting information coming in around collapsed buildings and, you know, roads obstructed, et cetera. so, you know, that along with the tsunami potential, tsunami watch, threat of a tsunami, et cetera,, you know, we are just trying to ensure the team is safe and secure and, you know, they're all really worried about their families. >> and we should note that tsunami warning thankfully went away. you know you have a lot of contacts there, cara. i know people think back to 2010, the devastating earthquake then.

i spoke to a friend in port-au-prince before coming on air. he was in bed this morning at about 8:30 when the earthquake shook. the earthquake, he told me, went on for over a minute of tremors, and that was in port-au-prince. as you said in your introduction, this earthquake is bigger in terms of the richter scale than the massive earthquake that shook and devastated haiti in 2010. that earthquake killed an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people, apocalyptic levels of destruction, sadness, and death. and as the death count comes in in the following days, we can only hope that it's not as terrible as what happened 11 years ago. but we'll be reporting on this today, following it throughout the day and keeping you up to date. >> what else are you hearing from your friend, ed? has your friend been able to look around and survey the damage? and how is your friend doing? >> reporter: he was okay. he's a cameraman, and being a freelancer cameraman in haiti, you've got to be pretty tough. he even told me, i was surprised to hear, he wasn't particularly s

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 members days after the quake. the children are perhaps most striking. their anguish matched only by their parents' confusion. patience is thin here, and so are the medical supplies this woman cries as she tells us her daughter is in pain next to her, and rescuers pulled her grandson from the rubble alive this man with a broken arm hopes he is evacuated to port-au-prince u.s. coast guard is helping with that, a constant flow

cnn's joe johns is live in port-au-prince haiti. joe, what are you seeing there?ll of what you said there, the roads into and out of the disaster zone are often either covered in debris or controlled by armed gangs, making it very difficult to get in and out. so we took a look at the helicopter convoy that has been moving patients out of the disaster zone and over here to port-au-prince where they can get to hospitals to be treated. >> reporter: the helicopter convoy bringing the most seriously injured from the earthquake zone to port-au-prince haiti, running from sun up to sun down. today they're greeted by a surgeon, a broken bone specialist who quickly evaluates their condition. the 7.2 magnitude earthquake left more than 2,000 people dead and over 12,000 people injured. causing hospitals in haiti to be completely overwhelmed. a short distance by air, but getting here can be a slow process. this 23-month-old girl suffered a laceration running from thigh to ankle in saturday's earthquake. when she finally was flown into the capital, her leg was badly infected. >

efforts >> reporter: hey there, carl even as the sun sets here in port-au-prince the u.s. coast guard behind me is still on the move there's been a instead stream of helicopters, c-130s that have been taking off and landing here today, bringing supplies and volunteers to the affected areas but also evacuating some of those critically wounded patients we were with one of those coast guard helicopters this morning right after tropical storm grace rolled through the southwestern part of the country, which was the region that was most devastated by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit over the weekend. now there has been an extremely high number of people that have been injured and in that chopper we saw people that were desperate, who went to a hospital in lakai, a city we visited the previous day where the hospital was overrun, completely overwhelmed, men, women and children hooked up to ivs outside the hospital in the stifling heat. overnight they had to deal with this heavy rain. some were transported back here to port-au-prince but the challenge is to reach those other h

geological survey reporting the epicenter was 70 miles west of port-au-prince.h was badly damaged, a crowd running through the center. major devastation also reported in a town not far from the epicenter. this disaster coming on the heels of last month closing assassination of president enjoy moies. government officials are assessing the damage. president joe biden's has offered immediate u.s. response, naming samantha powers, he the u.s. data administrator, to court made the efforts, and now haiti is facing another threat as a tropical storm heads toward the island. an earthquake shattered the country 11 years ago, killing more than 200,000. faith abubey, abc news, washington. dion: that country has been through so much. i spoke with a woman who felt the earthquake. keep in mind, the city of port-au-prince is about 100 miles away from the epicenter and was not hit quite as hard as other parts of the country, but the powerful quick sent people running into the street. >> i feel that something happened, but i did not know, because for the first earthquake, we did

in 2010 it was mostly the capital port—au—prince but now it is further south.conditions that were there before the earthquake. so people are still trying to find their way. and two days ago, they had a tropical storm which doused the whole southern peninsula and many people lost what they own. and now that major 7.2 earthquake just hit. in terms of the fears about people being trapped under rubble, are medics able to start beginning to reach the areas affected to pull them free? so far, not major. actually, effort has been deployed here. the infrastructure is basic and i think probably people are right now trying to get help, to get people under the rubble. but at this point, some who have been under the rubble not really severely injured, have been able to make their way out. but for those with major injuries or under very heavy rubble so theyjust can't make it through yet. in afghanistan, the taliban have continued to seize yet more territory and are now in control of more regional capitals than the government. it's been reported that mazar—e—sharif, the nort

this is a region, not just the southern peninsula but western part of haiti is cut off of port-au-prince since june 1st because of gang clashes. inaccessible by roadway. this is a country that doesn't have access to helicopters, other than what the united nations has. this is a huge challenge. hospitals have not only clamsed but have been inundated with people injured. there's unconfirmed report a former mayor was buried underneath the rubble, seeing reports of rest in peace. trying to definitively confirm that as well as what are we looking at. in 2010, we had more than 300,000 people that died, we saw a humongous response from the international community, led by the united states. it is unclear whether we're going to see that again. this is a rural area. buildings are old. churches are down. haiti is still in the process of rebuilding from 2010. still hadn't got its footing right. again, the previous person mentioned we've got tropical storms and this is an area that's very vulnerable because of the mountains and because of lack of trees. this is all around bad news for this country at

to the capital city of port-au-prince where hospitals are still standing.ens have been transferred this way with various injuries. >> we have seen everything from crush injuries, and debris falling and people, compound fractures, head trauma. we have seen the entire gamut we are trying to get to as many people as we can. >> more than 6,000 haitians are wounded, at least 1419 are dead after the quake devastated smaller cities 80 miles west of the capital. more than 12,000 homes are gone or badly damaged. thousands are displaced, for us to the streets or in makeshift temporary hospitals and shelters. >> we are on the soccer field. many people are staying there. our houses destroyed. >> and urban search and rescue team. first responders and four canines to help search for survivors in the rubble. >> we are using our eyes. we have tools for visual search devices that can get inside collapsed buildings and we also have acoustic and seismic listening devices to make sure we can hear the sounds. >> complicating matters, violent gangs have had roadblock set up for

cnn's matt rivers is in port-au-prince. matt, what are you seeing?ana, 13,000 homes and counting or structures, i should say, according to the government have collapsed as a result of this earthquake. about 1300 people killed so far. thousands of people injured and unfortunately, as the hours go by, we expect the numbers to go up, because part of the issue that haitian authorities have had since the beginning is getting access to some of the harder-hit areas. a lot of these places that have been hit outside of port-au-prince are in areas that are kind of one road in, one road out, sort of places. and as a result of this earthquake, you have damage in the streets, mud slides, debris in the roads. it makes it impassable for people to assess the damage and get help there. that's going to get better as time goes on. that's the reality. yesterday we were able to take a helicopter and see one of the areas most affected by this earthquake, about 100 miles west of where we are right now in port-au-prince. and it's just destruction. we saw a multi-story hotel

the houses are not right up on each other like in port-au-prince. devastation is different from what we saw in the 2010 earthquake but the impact is great because these are individuals who were still in the process of rebuilding from hurricane matthew five years ago and now basically lost their homes. people are afraid to stay in buildings so they have been sleeping in their yards. last night we had grace that came in and people are losing patience because they do not have tents. they were using sheets, whenever they could. some were just exposed to the elements. they had to choose between the aftershocks or the rain. amy: what was your response when you first heard 7.2 category on the richter scale, this earthquake? >> oh, my god. i had been in haiti for an entire month following the assassination of jovenel moÏse and had just got off a plane that morning. i was like, here we go. i just did a project last year. we knew there was going to be a big one, another big one. we assumed it would be in the north of the country. the fact this happened in the