"A number of residents running into the street, crying, yelling and screaming fear, "said Karel Zelenka, director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Haiti. "They see how powerful the damages, but powerless to save so many people are buried under building rubble, "he said.
"There are so many buildings which collapsed, "Zelenka said in a telephone interview from Port-au-Prince. "This disaster would be catastrophic."
Zelenka reported heavy smoke cloud visible in the air after a number of buildings collapsed. Near the CRS headquarters, a supermarket were destroyed and completely flat on the ground.
U.S. President Barack Obama has delivered statement of condolence to the victims of the earthquake. Department U.S. State explained that Washington would provide emergency assistance disaster relief to Haiti. U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Southern Command Fleet has started to form coordination to assess material losses and the number of victims in disaster areas.
In one of Port-au-Prince, Petionville, the region somewhat elite, where diplomats and wealthy citizens of Haiti live, a hospital collapsed and several homes were destroyed and fell ruins into a ravine.
Ministry spokeswoman U.S. Foreign PJ Crowley explains, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti has started contacting U.S. citizens residing in Port-au-Prince. However, This communication was blocked by the collapse of communications facilities or cut off point the way to disaster sites pascagempa earth.
"The damage significant. Most of the walls collapsed. Most people killed buried by the rubble, "said Crowley." damage there really significant. "
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