Rescuers on Tuesday pulled 16 individuals out alive from rubble in Brefèt, a city in Les Cayes within the Southern division, three days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the world, in accordance with Haiti’s Civil Safety company.
9 lifeless our bodies had been additionally faraway from the rubble, the company added in a Twitter post Tuesday. Officers have but to supply the identities of the victims.
The construction that collapsed as soon as served because the regional workplaces of MINUSTAH, a United Nations peacekeeping mission that operated in Haiti between 2004 and 2017.
The bulletins got here after rescue employees returned to their efforts, battling the rains and flooding attributable to Tropical Melancholy Grace, which started passing by the area late Monday.
Seaside cities within the South — akin to Jacmel, Les Cayes and Marigot — are experiencing flooding.
Officers have but to announce how a lot complete injury Grace has precipitated to date. However 1,428 individuals died from the earthquake, greater than 6,900 individuals are injured and at the very least 2,800 properties have been destroyed, in accordance with Civil Safety.
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