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Haiti Quake Death Toll Nears 1,300 as U.S. Deploys Search Teams
- Rescuers are looking for survivors in debris of toppled homes
- Tropical Storm Grace forecast to hit the nation on Monday
Residents survey a damaged building following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 15.
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The U.S. deployed search and rescue teams to help find survivors among the debris of collapsed buildings in Haiti as the death toll soars from Saturday’s massive earthquake.
At least 1,297 people were killed after the 7.2-magnitude quake struck off Haiti’s coast, according to the nation’s civil protection agency. The quake was followed by a series of aftershocks, and Tropical Storm Grace is forecast to hit the crisis-prone nation on Monday.