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U.S. Coast Guard Arrives In Haiti To Help

Rescue efforts were hampered by a tropical storm that passed through earlier this week.
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More help is arriving in Haiti - a country devastated by two natural disasters in three days.

The U.S. Coast Guard arrived with 80 members to help with the humanitarian effort after a major earthquake hit the country.

Hospitals are overwhelmed with workers trying to set up tents to help thousands of injured Haitians waiting for care.

Rescue efforts were hampered by a tropical storm that passed through earlier this week. 

More than 1,900 people are dead and nearly 10,000 are injured.