AnneClaire Stapleton and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:39:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png AnneClaire Stapleton and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Death toll from 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti rises to over 1,200 people https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2021/08/15/death-toll-from-72-magnitude-earthquake-in-haiti-rises-to-over-1200-people/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 06:34:49 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= (CNN) — The Haitian government declared a state of emergency after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country Saturday, leaving at least 1,297 people dead, according to Jerry Chandler, head of Haiti’s civil protection agency. More than 2,800 people have been injured. The majority of deaths occurred in the south of the country, where 500 people

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