Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Tops 2,100 As Survivors Struggle To Access Aid, Shelter
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“The country is physically and mentally destroyed,” Prime Minister Ariel Henry said.
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Tensions have been growing over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical depression. At the small airport in the southwestern community of Les Cayes, throngs of people gathered outside the fence on Wednesday when an aid flight arrived and crews began loading boxes into waiting trucks. One of a small squad of Haitian national police, outfitted in military-style uniforms and posted at the airport to guard the aid shipments, fired two warnings shots to disperse a group of young men. Ricardo Arduengo via Reuters Men in Les Cayes, Haiti carry the body of a victim from Saturday's 7.2 magnitude quake.More Related News