Yahoo News has posted the latest Associated Press story on the 7.0 earthquake that occurred in Haiti.  Haitian President Rene Preval has stated that he believes thousands of people died in the earthquake. 

According to the article, President Preval stated:

“Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed,” Preval told the Miami Herald. “There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them.””

The article reported that the Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince was dead and the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission was missing.

Many nations, including the U.S., Iceland, and Venezuela, said that they will begin sending aid and rescue missions.  The Red Cross is also expected to help.  The airport at Port-au-Prince is open, and hopefully aid and rescue teams will begin arriving as soon as possible.

If you have a favorite charity that will be involved in this, now is the time to make a donation.  The Red Cross is there, and Operation Blessing is headed there as I write this.