The death toll in Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors.
Rescue workers search through destroyed buildings in Les Cayes in southwestern Haiti, which was hit hard by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on SaturdayLES CAYES - The death toll in Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president's assassination.
"Thanks to God and also to my phone, I'm alive," said Marcel Francois, who was rescued from his collapsed two-story home in hard-hit Les Cayes. But at least 1,297 people were killed in the 7.2-magnitude tremor that struck Saturday about 160 kilometers to the west of the densely populated capital Port-au-Prince, which was devastated in a massive 2010 quake.
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