Jakmel also affected by earthquake

[bcholmes]

I'm hearing more and more reports about Jakmel also being affected by the earthquake.

Remember this place?

The swanky hotel that we stayed in is the Peace Of Mind Hotel.

The resort town lies south of Port-au-Prince, which was devastated Tuesday by a major 7.0-strength earthquake.

"Jacmel is a disaster zone. Many houses are collapsed or severely damaged. Everyone was on the streets when I got to town. There must be many deaths judging from the way the houses collapsed and given the poor construction practices and materials," Murphy added.

"In addition to many houses collapsed in Jacmel town, one hotel called the Peace of Mind hotel collapsed completely and we fear that many perished. This is on the road to our office in a place called Meyer."

— Destruction widespread in Haitian town of Jacmel