The death toll from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that occurred on August 14 in Haiti has reached 1,941, the number of victims - 9.9 thousand.

This was reported on Tuesday, August 18, by the country's civil protection department.. Many victims have to wait for medical attention as the health care system cannot cope with so many victims.

The search and rescue operation was temporarily suspended due to tropical storm Grace, which struck the coast of Haiti earlier this week..

The disaster struck the southwestern part of the country, which was most affected by the earthquake.

The tremors completely destroyed more than 60,000 houses and damaged another 76,000 buildings.. The European Union provides Haiti with urgent humanitarian aid in the amount of 3 million euros. It will be distributed among the humanitarian organizations operating in the country involved in the elimination of the consequences of the earthquake.. Reported by Deutsche Welle.