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Photo by Richard Pierrin/Getty Images By Malaika Jabali ·August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
After a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Saturday morning, the death toll has risen to 1,419 people, according to the country’s civil protection agency.
Most of the fatalities are in the South administrative region, the civil protection service reported on Sunday. On top of the earthquake, a tropical storm system— Tropical Storm Grace— has brought sustained winds and rain, CNN reports.The earthquake
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