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LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.

A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti has claimed at least 724 lives and injured a minimum of 2,800 people.

A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes.

The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.

People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and to help help rescue those trapped in rubble.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that battered Haiti is soaring as rescuers race to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical rain storm.

The toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared on Sunday to at least 724 dead and 2,800 injured as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.