After the earthquake in Haiti, a storm is coming to hit the country again
Heavy rains have started lashing Haiti, complicating rescue efforts and drenching thousands left homeless by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people, as hopes dim for survivors.
Tropical Depression Grace churned over the regions of southwest Haiti worst-hit by Saturday's quake of magnitude 7.2, whipping devastated towns with high winds and torrential rains and flooding.
The earthquake brought down tens of thousands of buildings in the poorest country in the Americas, which is still recovering from a major quake 11 years ago that killed more than 200,000 people.
The latest disaster comes just over a month after Haiti was plunged into political turmoil by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7.
Several major hospitals were severely damaged, hampering humanitarian efforts and the focal points of many shattered communities, such as churches and schools.
Authorities said that 1,941 deaths had been confirmed, with 9,900 people injured.
As hopes began to dim of finding significant numbers of survivors among the wreckage, the storm impeded rescuers in the seaside city of Les Cayes, about 150 kilometres west of the capital Port-au-Prince, which bore the brunt of the quake.
The storm is expected to dump up to 38 centimetres of water on parts of Haiti, said the US National Hurricane Center.
Rescue workers from across Haiti were digging alongside residents through the rubble in a bid to reach bodies.
Emergency workers pulled a blood-stained pillow from under the rubble, followed by the corpse of a three-year-old boy who appeared to have died in his sleep during the earthquake.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry vowed to disburse humanitarian aid better than in the wake of the 2010 quake.
Though billions of dollars in aid money poured into Haiti after that quake and Hurricane Matthew in 2016, many Haitians saw scant benefits from the uncoordinated efforts.
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