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Relief efforts ongoing in South Florida as death toll from earthquake in Haiti continues rising
The death toll in Haiti has surpassed 700 and is only expected to climb following Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
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MIAMI – The death toll in Haiti has surpassed 700 and is only expected to climb following Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
Francois Alexandre is grateful that his family was spared, but the home where his family lives in Haiti was destroyed.
“My cousin was working as the earthquake was going on,” he said. “She is at home now, she is okay, but some debris fell on her. The hospital is completely gone.”
Video from the ground showed people panicking in fear and running into the street, a sight similar to what the nation saw in 2010 when an earthquake killed more than 250,000.
“Things are continuing to worsen and at this time the hospitals is basically out of capacity,” Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of the Family Action Network Movement (FANM), said Sunday morning on This Week in South Florida.