Port-au-Prince:
Haiti's President has said that over 1 lakh people could be dead in the earthquake that shook Haiti on Tuesday. The quake has devastated the country's capital. The UN mission chief in Haiti was among the dead, but the UN cannot confirm this.
It said 14 other UN staff had died and 56 were injured. The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck on Tuesday. The Red Cross says up to three million people are affected.
Video shot by a Dominican Republic TV station showed the devastating affect of Haiti's massive earthquake on some of the people living in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Dazed and injured survivors wandered the streets, some lay on the floor looking shocked and stunned by what had happened.
Bodies of the dead, some covered in blankets, lay in the streets, while others grieved for lost loved ones.
The president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and thousands of homes, were destroyed by the quake.
Leading senator Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, though he acknowledged that nobody really knew the exact toll.
The international response to the disaster has been swift. In the US President Barack Obama promised an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort, adding that the US commitment to its hemispheric neighbour would be unwavering.
Other nations - from Iceland to Venezuela - said they would start sending in aid workers and rescue teams. Cuba said its existing field hospitals in Haiti had already treated hundreds of victims.
The United Nations said Port-au-Prince's main airport was "fully operational" and open to relief flights.
It said 14 other UN staff had died and 56 were injured. The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck on Tuesday. The Red Cross says up to three million people are affected.
Video shot by a Dominican Republic TV station showed the devastating affect of Haiti's massive earthquake on some of the people living in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Dazed and injured survivors wandered the streets, some lay on the floor looking shocked and stunned by what had happened.
Bodies of the dead, some covered in blankets, lay in the streets, while others grieved for lost loved ones.
The president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and thousands of homes, were destroyed by the quake.
Leading senator Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, though he acknowledged that nobody really knew the exact toll.
The international response to the disaster has been swift. In the US President Barack Obama promised an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort, adding that the US commitment to its hemispheric neighbour would be unwavering.
Other nations - from Iceland to Venezuela - said they would start sending in aid workers and rescue teams. Cuba said its existing field hospitals in Haiti had already treated hundreds of victims.
The United Nations said Port-au-Prince's main airport was "fully operational" and open to relief flights.
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