Thousands of people have reportedly died today after a devastating earthquake that struck the capital of Haiti.

Thousands of people have reportedly died today after a devastating earthquake that struck the capital of Haiti.
Dead and wounded on the streets of Port-au-Prince, after the earthquake struck the country's poor in the Caribbean yesterday, a number of buildings dating from the overthrow of the barracks buildings and the UN Presidential Palace.
The quake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck at 4:53 yesterday (2153 GMT) and is considered the most powerful country in over 200 years struck.

Thousands of people gathered in public places until late at night, singing songs and tears, many people seriously injured, was sitting in the street, asking for doctors.

The headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and other UN agencies have been severely damaged and there were reports of people shouting with a hospital destroyed in Petionville, Port - au-Prince.
The British government said it was "deeply concerned" by the earthquake magnitude reported and sent a team from the Department for International Development (DFID), to assess humanitarian needs.
A spokesman for DfID said: "We are deeply saddened by the magnitude of interest reported in the earthquake that struck Haiti. It seems to have been carrying too tight, causing extensive damage and injuries.
"We did not have a clear idea of the needs of the Haitian authorities and humanitarian organizations. We are monitoring the situation closely.

"During the night we have a DFID humanitarian assessment team mobilized to fly to Haiti today.
"We are ready to provide humanitarian assistance, which may be necessary."
Gerard Louis-Gilles, a doctor and a former senator, who went to help the survivors said, the hospitals do not treat all the victims.
"Haiti must pray to win." We must all pray together, "he said.
A cameraman for the Associated Press reported seeing a destroyed hospital, where people crying for help to Petionville, a hillside in Port-au-Prince.

The head of the peacekeeping mission in Haiti and in 9000 enrolled at other UN agencies have been severely damaged, complain to the United Nations in New York with a large number of missing personnel.
Karel Zelenka, a Roman Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince, said fellow Americans: "They killed thousands of people," said a spokesman for the charity, Sara Fajardo.
U. S. Department spokesman PJ Crowley of State in Washington said that the staff of the embassy of the United States were "literally stuck in the dark" after the operation.

The earthquake had a preliminary set of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince. E 'was immediately followed by strong aftershocks.
Much of the population of nine million poor people of Haiti and the disaster comes after years of political instability.
The country has suffered a series of recent disasters such as storms and hurricanes in 2008.
In November 2008, following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince, it is estimated that approximately 60% of buildings have been built without careful and dangerous in normal times.
The earthquake was yesterday, was in the Dominican Republic - but no major damage was reported to be.
Shook houses in eastern Cuba, but there were no reports of damage.
Oxfam said in a statement on its website that it is "ready to respond" to the disaster.
Jane Cocking, Oxfam's humanitarian director, said: "At this stage it is too early to say the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti, but early signs are not good with communication throughout the country.
Oxfam's Emergency Response Team for Latin America to Haiti, so we are well prepared to meet with public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready.

"We also supplies to Panama, as we prepare to send as soon as possible."
He added: "Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where 85% of people already living in poverty. Given the desperate needs of people in one day, face-to-day, the news of the earthquake is negative for the poor of Haiti. "
Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam staff still based in Port-au-Prince, said in a statement on Oxfam's website: "This is a layer of dust that rose from the valley south of the capital.
"We can hear people calling for help from all angles. The replicas are being made and the people very nervous."