Haiti quake deaths soar as rescuers search rubble – BBC News

Almost 1,300 have died after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Saturday.

Rescuers in the Caribbean nation are picking through rubble in a desperate search for any survivors.

An unknown number of people are missing and about 5,700 have been injured, officials have said.

The disaster compounds problems facing the nation, which is already reeling from a political crisis following the assassination of its president last month.

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