there are food shortages here now in jeremy where supplies are thin. so what we saw is ordinary people clearing out debris from what was a grocery store to see if they could get supplies from under the rubble. we also managed to visit the main hospital in this part of the country, went into the emergency room there, and it was a scene that was at times difficult to bear witness to because of what these people are having to go through as soon as we arrived to the hospital, so did this man on a stretcher. first responders brought him to the main hospital in the city of jeremy, a facility that in reality has no room for him. inside haitian doctors and nurses are doing what they can to manage an influx of earthquake victims. so many have come in, every single bed is full. so some are simply laid on the
disaster zone. tonight matt rivers is in one of those towns in southwest haiti 80 miles from the quake epicenter. needs are great and devastation is everywhere. reporter: as soon as we arrived to the hospital, so did this man on a stretcher. first responders brought him to the main hospital in the city of jeremy, a city that has no room for him. inside, doctors and nurses are doing what they can to manage an influx of earthquake victims. so many have come in every single bed is full. so some are simply laid on the floor. there are broken arms and legs, crush wounds and falling debris. in the case of this 22-month-old, a shattered femur. my daughter is suffering, her dad says. i don t want her to lose her leg. dad said he pulled her out of the rubble himself. i love my daughter very much and i almost lost her. i m very grateful to these
storm grace. tonight matt rivers is in one of those towns in southwest haiti 80 miles from the quake epicenter. reporter: as soon as we arrived to the hospital, so did this man on a stretcher. first responders brought him to the main hospital in the city of jeremy, a city that has no room for him. inside, doctors and nurses are doing what they can to manage an influx of earthquake victims. so many have come in every single bed is full. so some are simply laid on the floor. there are broken arms and legs, crush wounds and falling debris. in the case of this 22-month-old, a shattered femur. my daughter is suffering, her dad says. i don t want her to lose her
yes, she is my friend and she was in her house. but unfortunately, she died she died with her son inside the house reporter: this earthquake in western haiti reminiscent of the 2010 one that killed up to 300,000 haitians, and devastated the nation s bustling capital, port-au-prince today s quake ravaging towns with populations in the tens of thousands. this young girl pulled from the rubble, alive. at least nine aftershocks rocking the island in the hours since. the quake collapsing this cathedral steeple in the city of jeremy. what do you fear this is an area that virtually cut off from the capital and from a lot of lifesaving aid, right now. unfortunately, i think we re going to see and hear a lot more about damage and lives lost. reporter: the country already reeling politically after the assassination of its president in july. along with
at it. hurricane matthew actually slammed into haiti back on tuesday. but it s only now that we re beginning to really understand the extent of the devastation. that s because it s taken aide workers and authorities this long to get to those hard-hit areas. the storm knocked out roads, communication, power. it also inundated entire villages and flattened hopes and destroyed livestock and crops. hundreds of people were killed. we don t even know how many yet. the death toll is rising on an hourly basis. officially, 300 people have been confirmed dead. but aide workers tell us they say that could easily triple. right now, of course, the focus is just trying to get help into those people affected. they re trying to helicopter in food and water. also to set up food and shelter. just to give you an example, this town of jeremy, on the southwestern peninsula, 80% of the buildings there were destroyed. and they initially had plans to