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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Google could find new road in China 13 Jan 2010 NBC's Leno drama might have a happy ending 13 Jan 2010 Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake | Video 1:16am EST Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network 13 Jan 2010 UPDATE 2-Companies offer aid for Haiti earthquake victims 13 Jan 2010 FACTBOX-Japan's space program takes aim at the moon 13 Sep 2007 Israel apologizes to Turkey in diplomatic spat 13 Jan 2010 Less sleep for kids may mean higher blood sugar 11 Jan 2010 Don't Let Ads Take Fun Out of Football, Wake Forest University Expert Says PR Newswire 04 Sep 2009 Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network 13 Jan 2010 Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake Tom Brown and Andrew Cawthorne Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:16am EST Related News Earthquake pushes back progress in Haiti 1:08am EST Fear, worry constant companions for Haitians abroad Wed, Jan 13 2010 U.S. airlines suspend Haiti travel, start aid efforts Wed, Jan 13 2010 At least 16 U.N. staff dead after Haiti quake Wed, Jan 13 2010 Canadian safe after texting from Haitian rubble Wed, Jan 13 2010 Much of Haiti damage not insured: risk assessor Wed, Jan 13 2010 Development banks pledge aid, redirect funds to Haiti Wed, Jan 13 2010 Companies offer aid for Haiti earthquake victims Wed, Jan 13 2010 Factbox: Countries, aid agencies seeking to help Haiti Wed, Jan 13 2010 Factbox: Key facts about quake-stricken Haiti Wed, Jan 13 2010 Related Video Haitians dig through rubble Wed, Jan 13 2010 Thousands feared dead in Haiti Thousands feared dead in Haiti Rescue workers leave for Haiti Earthquake victims await help. Haitians gather in Croix des Preux Haiti quake rescue escalates UN's Haiti HQ lies in rubble More News AlertNet: Aid agency news feed < 1 / 38 > View Full Size PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets on Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people. World | Natural Disasters Tens of thousands of people were feared dead and many were believed to be still trapped alive in the rubble of the major 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti's capital on Tuesday. There were no signs of organized operations to rescue those trapped in debris or remove bodies and doctors in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, were ill-equipped to treat the injured. Survivors feared returning to their precarious homes and slept in open areas where groups of women sang traditional religious songs in the dark and prayed for the dead. "They sing because they want God to do something. They want God to help them. We all do," said Hotel Villa Creole employee Dermene Duma, who lost four relatives. Foreigners slept around the hotel's pool and scores of injured Haitians lay outside the damaged hotel. Tens of thousands wandered dazed and sobbing in the chaotic, broken streets of Port-au-Prince the day after the earthquake, hoping desperately for assistance. Bodies were visible all around the hilly city: under rubble, lying beside roads, being loaded into trucks. Scattered bodies were laid out on sidewalks, wrapped neatly in sheets and blankets. Voices cried out from the rubble. As aftershocks continued to shake the devastated capital, Port-au-Prince, residents tried to rescue people trapped under rubble, clawing at chunks of concrete with bare hands. Men with sledgehammers battered at slabs of debris in collapsed buildings searching for survivors. One young man yelled at reporters in English: "Too many people are dying. We need international help ... no emergency, no food, no phone, no water, no nothing." Asked by a CNN reporter how many people had died, Haitian President Rene Preval replied, "I don't know ... up to now, I heard 50,000 ... 30,000." He did not say where the estimates came from. The United Nations, whose five-story headquarters in Port-au-Prince was destroyed, said at least 16 members of its 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission, including 11 Brazilian soldiers, had been killed. Preval said mission chief Hedi Annabi was dead but the world body could not confirm that. Haiti's white presidential palace lay in ruins, its domes fallen on top of flattened walls. Preval and his wife were not inside when the quake hit. Preval called the damage "unimaginable" and described stepping over dead bodies and hearing the cries of those trapped in the collapsed Parliament building, where the Senate president was among those pinned down by debris. OVERWHELMED BY DEVASTATION "It's the worst I've ever seen," the Salvation Army's director of disaster services in Haiti, Bob Poff, told CNN. "It's so much devastation in a concentrated area. It's going to take days, or weeks, to dig out." The quake's epicenter was only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. About 4 million people live in and around the city, which was rocked by aftershocks as powerful as 5.9 magnitude. Normal communications were cut off, roads were blocked by rubble and trees, electric power was interrupted and water was in short supply. The only lights visible in the city came from solar-powered traffic signals. Haitian Red Cross spokesman Pericles Jean-Baptiste said his organization -- accustomed to dealing with disaster in a country dogged by poverty, catastrophic natural disasters and political instability -- was overwhelmed and out of medicine. "There are too many people who need help. ... We lack equipment, we lack body bags," he told Reuters. U.N. peacekeeping personnel around the city seemed overwhelmed by the enormity of the recovery task ahead. "We just don't know what to do," a Chilean peacekeeper said as he sat on a tractor looking at rows of collapsed houses. "You can see how terrible the damage is. We have not been able to get into all the areas." RESCUERS EN ROUTE U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone to the U.N. secretary-general and the leaders of Brazil, Canada, Mexico and Chile about efforts to assist Haiti but was not able to contact Preval, the White House said. Obama pledged swift, coordinated support to help save lives. The Pentagon was sending an aircraft carrier and three amphibious ships, including one that can carry up to 2,000 Marines. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cut short a trip to the Pacific and Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled plans to visit Australia to deal with the earthquake response. The United States, China and European states were sending reconnaissance and rescue teams, some with search dogs and heavy equipment, while other governments and aid groups offered tents, water purification units, food and telecoms teams. U.S. airlines suspended commercial flights to Haiti. The quake knocked out the Port-au-Prince airport control tower. The U.S. Air Force sent a team to restore air traffic control to allow flights to evacuate the injured and bring in supplies. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.N. special envoy to Haiti, said more rescue teams and heavy equipment were needed. "We need more helicopters," Clinton told CNN. "The most important thing is to get people into the (collapsed) buildings and find as many alive as possible." The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated four critically injured Americans helicopter to its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Coast Guard said Port-au-Prince port suffered massive damage and destruction, including its container crane. Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said its three hospitals in Haiti were too badly damaged to use and it was treating the injured at temporary shelters. "What we are seeing is severe traumas, head wounds, crushed limbs, severe problems that cannot be dealt with with the level of medical care we currently have available," said Paul McPhun, operations manager for the group's Canadian section. Haiti's cathedral was destroyed and media reports said the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, had been found dead in the wreckage of the archdiocese office. One of the city's best-known hotels, the Montana, collapsed, said Haitian businessman Manuel Deheusch, a tile factory owner, who added the hotel owner, his aunt, had died in the rubble. Deheusch was worried about lawlessness. "All the policemen are busy rescuing and burying their own families," he said. "They don't have the time to patrol the streets." (Additional reporting by Jeff Mason, Adam Entous, Patrick Worsnip, Andrew Cawthorne, Louis Charbonneau, Sophie Hardach, Raymond Colitt, Alister Bull and David Morgan; Writing by Jane Sutton, Pascal Fletcher and Anthony Boadle; Editing by Peter Cooney and Bill Trott) World Natural Disasters More from Reuters China backs censorship after Google threat BEIJING (Reuters) - China told companies to back state control of the Internet on Thursday, showing no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country. | Video Lawmaker wants Geithner's AIG records, testimony Japan says U.S. ties firm, not leaning towards China JAL failure would hit about 1,500 small firms: report Treasury needs plan for selling TARP assets: watchdog U.S. 2009 foreclosures shatter record despite aid » More Top News Haiti quake leaves many dead A major earthquake toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike, leaving the poor Caribbean nation appealing for international help. 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