U.S. Sending 10,000 Troops to Haiti

[LuvNewcastle]

Up to 10,000 US troops will be on the ground or off the coast of Haiti by Monday to help deal with the earthquake aid effort, US defence officials say.

Tuesday's earthquake has left as many as 50,000-100,000 people dead.

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said more than 15,000 bodies had already been recovered and buried, French news agency AFP reported.

The UN has launched a flash appeal for $562m (£346m), saying three million people would need help for six months.

Humanitarian chief John Holmes said a massive effort was being mounted and officials were "straining every nerve" to help.

US President Barack Obama described the scale of the devastation as extraordinary and the losses suffered as "heartbreaking".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8462221.stm