alive. but as night fell, this mother, oxiliene morency, overtaken with grief. the body of her 7-year-old daughter, esther daniel, recovered. more than 3,500 homes destroyed. many now living out of makeshift tents, and the earthquake has placed further strain on the nation s already strapped resources. we don t have electricity for now. we don t have water. reporter: phone lines are also down. this hatian community in columbus, ohio, trying to reach their loved ones. i have my sister, my cousin, my brother, my uncle, and i m really worried because i don t know if they are alive or what happened to them. reporter: linsey, the people waiting here are waiting for transport to port-au-prince and it seems that haiti can t catch a break. its president was assassinated last month. covid is rampant here and now a tropical storm is bearing down on the region. linsey.
almost $1.3 billion, almost the amount they raised for the tsunami in indonesia. much of the money has not been spent. access to health care has improved but we re told more permanent medical facilities are needed. 60% of the country s hospitals collapsed in the quake, thousands of people homeless, makeshift tents and tarp shelters. we have some special coverage coming up this week on the efforts there, our anderson cooper going one on one with the former president bill clinton and u.s. envoy to haiti, tomorrow 9:00, 10:00 eastern right only here on cnn. congress returns to washington after a week off with a lot of issues awaiting them as always. a look at the political week ahead coming up next. stay with us.