Three days of national mourning have been announced.
Hospitals were reportedly overwhelmed, and Henry said medical teams were being dispatched to the area.
The deputy mayor of Cap-Haitien, Patrick Almonor, told the AP that roughly 20 homes were burned, over 100 people were injured and at least 53 people died, but he expects the number of fatalities to rise as they account for those who died in their homes.“It’s the first time since I’ve been a firefighter in over 17 years that I have lived such a catastrophe,” Frandy Jean, head of firefighters for northern Haiti, told theHaiti is largely dependent on generators for its power.
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