After Tropical Storm Grace briefly halted efforts to find victims of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, the search resumed Tuesday, when 500 additional bodies were recover. Intermittent rain fell in the earthquake-damaged city of Les Cayes and in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The death toll from Haiti's devastating Saturday earthquake jumped to 1,941 on Tuesday with 9,900 injured as the search for survivors resumed after Tropical Storm Grace battered the islandNearly 10,000 people were injured in a 7.2-magnitude quake that killed 1,941 others. According to an engineer working for Les Cayes Mayor, the boy's body was found Monday amid the rubble of a collapsed hospital. Haitians expressed anger and frustration after learning Tropical Storm Grace would halt the search and recovery efforts for earthquake victims.

Source: The Nation August 18, 2021 05:03 UTC