The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 on Aug. 15, as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.
The latest death toll count from Haiti’s office of civil protection updates a previous figure of 724 dead following the powerful quake on Aug. 14, which destroyed thousands of homes and buildings, injured at least 5,700 people, and displaced thousands more. Hospitals, schools, offices, and churches were also destroyed in the quake.
