The State Department has disclosed that close to 1,000 Americans have completed a 'crisis intake form' to request aid in Haiti, a country now labeled as 'one of the most dire humanitarian situations in the world.'
State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel made this statement following the arrival of dozens of Americans in Miami on a U.S. government-chartered evacuation flight from Haiti. Reports have surfaced of gang violence resulting in the deaths of at least 12 individuals in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, following looting incidents in upscale neighborhoods in the capital.
