Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing At least 227 people have been killed so far after a devastating earthquake hit the Caribbean country of Haiti, officials said tonight.
Prime minister Ariel Henry said he was sending aid to areas where towns were destroyed. Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed with incoming patients. READ MORE: 'Devastated' family pay tribute to new dad killed in horror crash The epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake was about 78 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported.
Haiti's civil protection agency said that the death toll stood at 227 and that search teams would be sent to the area. The country was hit
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