Haiti: earthquake and tropical storm

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Dense crowd in the port city of Les Cayes in southwest Haiti.

Desperate people try to get to the premises of a reception center.

Security forces struggle to hold back the crowd.

After the earthquake last Saturday, the number of confirmed fatalities has now risen to almost 2,000.

The local civil protection authority has so far reckoned with well over 9,000 injured.

On Tuesday, the tropical storm "Grace" also passed over the area of ​​the Tiburon peninsula in southern Haiti, which was hardest hit by the earthquake.

The events of the past few days left tens of thousands of people homeless.

Omanel Bolivard, earthquake victim:

»I'm trying to build myself a place to sleep.

This disaster affects us all very much.

We don't know where to go.

The only thing left is a sheet to sleep with on the floor.

It's very cold at night.

If I had at least a tarpaulin, that would be very good. "

Cherisnor Louis, earthquake victim:

»Fortunately, nobody in my family has died or injured, but the situation is very bad.

I am here with two of my children, I cannot reach the others.

I don't have a phone anymore and I don't know where they are. "

Unknown earthquake victim:

»The people here have nothing left.

We urgently need help.

My mother is ill.

I really need a tent for her, really bad.

I don't want food, the tent is much more important.

And we're getting beaten up here too.

It all doesn't make sense anymore. "

The European Union provided three million euros in emergency aid.

So that the money arrives quickly, the funds are to be distributed through aid organizations that are already active in Haiti, according to the EU Commission.

Tens of thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged by the earthquake. The search and recovery work continues. Tuesday's storm also caused heavy rain and floods. It is now very unlikely to find any survivors.