The Dominican people sympathized with the pain now engulfs Haitian nationals by the strong shock that has left hundreds of dream logs and thousands of families separated by death.
Haiti .- The situation is "chaotic" in Port-au-Prince, where it is feared that large numbers of casualties from the earthquake of 7 degrees on the Richter scale on Tuesday, according to reports in the Dominican Republic. Javier Domínguez, lieutenant colonel of the Dominican military intelligence, told Reuters at the border of these reports said Jimaní also that "at least a hundred buildings" have collapsed in the Haitian capital.
These buildings contained a jail, where is believed to have escaped an unspecified number of prisoners and has been dead, he said.
The military said the Haitian authorities have begun moving in ambulances to the first wounded from Port au Prince to health centers in the Dominican Republic, where he arrived the first group of six victims, three Haitians and three Dominicans.
Dominguez reported that the Dominican authorities are preparing a major military operation in the border area with Haiti, which shares the island with the Dominican Republic in the English, to avoid a mass exodus of Haitians. The earthquake, whose epicenter was 15 kilometers southwest of the Haitian capital, caused major damage in Port-au-Prince and still unknown number of victims.
The aftershocks of between 4.5 and 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale, continue with some frequency and may continue to occur "for a few days," according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), would not rule out the possibility of another earthquake.
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