The number of people died by the 7.2-degree earthquake in Haiti last weekend increased to 1,941 and more than 9,900 people were injured, thousands of people lost their homes.

Haiti Civil Defense Agency on August 17 said more than 60,000 houses were destroyed and 76,000 houses were damaged in the earthquake on August 14, about 160 km from the capital of Port-au-Prince.

Thousands of people who lose their homes in disaster face are more difficult when storm Grace attacks this poor country with a rainfall of up to 380 mm.

People stood next to a destroyed house after the earthquake near Camp-Perrin, Haiti on August 16.

In the coastal town Les Cayes, people started to build temporary shelters on a football field, despite the blowing wind and rain like water when the storm swept over.

Haitian officials warned people to prevent buildings that appeared cracks due to the earthquake, because they could collapse under heavy rain.

The US sent search teams to Haiti, while Mexico sent 15.4 tons of food, medicines and water to this country.

The Haitian government has announced an emergency that lasts a month in 4 provinces affected by earthquakes.

Haiti is recovering after the earthquake 7 degrees in January 2010 caused the majority of Port-au-prince and neighboring cities that turn into rubble and more than 200,000 people killed.

The latest disaster happened just over a month after President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at the mansion, shaking a country that was facing gang violence and Covid-19.