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The search for survivors continues among the rubble
Photo: Orlando Barría / imago images / Agencia EFE
After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the confirmed death toll has risen to 1,419.
The head of the civil protection agency of the Caribbean state, Jerry Chandler, announced on Monday.
According to him, around 6,900 people were injured in the magnitude 7.2 quake on Saturday in the south of the country.
The day before, the authorities had given the number of deaths as 1297.
Interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry ordered three days of national mourning.
Rescue and relief operations, including those from abroad, have now started.
Many people were still suspected of being under the rubble of the numerous collapsed buildings in the affected region.
To make matters worse, the tropical storm "Grace" is moving towards Haiti with strong winds and heavy rains.
According to the US hurricane center, the center of the low pressure area is expected from Monday evening (local time) on the South Haitian Tiburon Peninsula.
On this very peninsula, the quake occurred on Saturday morning (local time) about twelve kilometers from the municipality of Saint-Louis-du-Sud at a depth of about ten kilometers.
According to the civil protection authorities, at least 13,700 houses were destroyed and the same number damaged.
More than 30,000 families are affected.
In January 2010, more than 220,000 people were killed in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.
In 2016, Hurricane "Matthew" devastated the region of the country, which has now been hit again.
nek / dpa