Following an earthquake in Haiti, hundreds possibly thousands of people are feared dead and the country is in a complete crisis.
The earthquake struck south of Port-au-Prince, and hit 7.0-magnitude on the scale, Haiti's worst for over two centuries.
President Preval told the Miami Herald newspaper in the US he feared thousands of his people had died.
He described the epidemic as "unimaginable", and went on to say: "Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed.
"There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them."
The US and UK are readying aid , and the first of which is expected to reach the country later on today.
This tragedy was unavoidable and shows us that we undervalue our luck to live in such a normally safe country where the worst we get is cold temperature and a few inches of snow once a year!!
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