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Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace and the main prison, the cathedral, hospitals, schools and thousands of homes. Untold numbers are still trapped. Desperately needed aid from around the world began arriving Thursday in quake-stunned Haiti, while rescuers struggled frantically to save the trapped and injured, using pickup trucks as ambulances and doors as stretchers. You can go to NPR's website for information on how to help. Read the latest news about the disaster.

City workers place a boy's body into a truck with other earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Christopher Holmes from the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue searches for survivors in the rubble of a building after a massive earthquake on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake killing possibly thousands. Numerous buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A man looks for a body among hundreds earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

People wait in line for water on Champs-de-mars after the earthquake on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A massive relief operation is in action after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck Haiti killing possibly thousands while reducing numerous buildings to rubble on January 12. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

People wait in line for water from the fire department after the earthquake on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A massive relief operation is in action after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck Haiti killing possibly thousands while reducing numerous buildings to rubble on January 12. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

People cover their mouths from the smell of dead bodies as they carry an injured girl to her family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A man pleaded with a bulldozer operator to help try to extract a body from the collapsed building behind him in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. The operator was not able to help. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

A cross stands intact in front of a church thatcollapsed during Tuesday's earthquake at the Canape Vert neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A young injured earthquake survivor holds a piece of bread in a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

In this photo released by the United Nations, the MINUSTAH United Nations headquarters in seen affected by an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/The United Nations, Logan Abassi)

Men carry an empty coffin after the search for a body is negative after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. The coffin was later sold to another woman whose daughter rested close by. (AP Photo/Carl Juste, The Miami Herald)

A group of women react in disbelief as the body of the daughter of a woman, at center, is missing after the earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Carl Juste, The Miami Herald)

In this photo released by the United Nations, homes affected by an earthquake lay in ruins in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/United Nations, Logan Abassi)

A young girl gets medical attention for her injuries, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Petionville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Outside the Villa Creole Hotel, the injured from the surrounding area have come for shelter and medical attention. The injured camp out as they wait to be attended to by medical NGO (Hope For Haiti). (AP Photo/Carl Juste, The Miami Herald)

A person's leg hangs from of a building that collapsed during an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A women and her injured baby are seen at a makeshift field hospital on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. US President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive US rescue effort, while the European Union activated its crisis systems and the Red Cross and United Nations unlocked emergency funds and supplies for the destitute nation. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A birth certificate lays in the rubble of the St. Gerard church and school that collapsed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A boy looks through an opening in the rubble of his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

An earthquake survivor smokes by a fire in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, late Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Afraid to spend the night in their homes, most residents are camping out after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

People look through the collapsed rubble of St. Gerard Church and School as they talk to a teacher trapped underneath in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Several students and teachers died when the building collapsed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 aerial photo provided by The American Red Cross shows survivors gathered around bodies in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince during a joint Red Cross Red Crescent/ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Organization) aerial assessment mission following Tuesday's devastating earthquake. (AP Photo/ECHO, American Red Cross)

The hand of a dead student is seen under the rubble of St. Gerard church and school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 aerial photo provided by The American Red Cross shows Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, during a joint Red Cross Red Crescent/ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Organization) aerial assessment mission. The damage from Tuesday's devestating earthquake is clearly visible. (AP Photo/American Red Cross)

Rescue workers discover the body of an earthquake victim in the rubble of a collapsed four story building in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Bodies of earthquake victims lay on a street in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

The Ecole National d'administration et des finances (ENAF) is flattened following the major quake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

People search for survivors amongst the rubble of the Caribbean Super Market in Delmas on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

The body of a person is trapped in the rubble of a home destroyed by the massive earthquake. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

An injured women is seen at a makeshift field hospital on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In this handout image provided by the United Nations, the downtown Port-au-Prince core shows the damage after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm on January 13, 2010. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)

In this handout image provided by the United Nations, a Haitian boy receives treatment at an ad hoc medical clinic at United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti's (MINUSTAH) logistics base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)

People pass by the remains of a six-story communication building on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)

Haiti's National Palace is seen damaged in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 after a powerful earthquake struck the country on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)

 

 

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER - Haiti's National Palace is seen damaged in Port-au-Prince. A powerful earthquake struck the country on Tuesday. (Department of National Defense, Cpl. Matthew McGregor - before, AP Photo/United Nations, Logan Abassi - after)

Haitians pass destroyed buildings on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)

Haitians pass destroyed buildings on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)

A man carries an injured child outside Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers)

A body lies amid rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. (DAVID MOREL/AFP/Getty Images)

A destroyed building is seen on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. (DANIEL MOREL/AFP/Getty Images)

People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapse building the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

People carry an injured person after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)

An injured child is tended to at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse)

A private house in Petion-ville Rue Louverture is badly damaged after a major earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

Gregor Avril, the executive director of the Haitian Association of Industry, helps a wounded child with the support of artist/musician Mikaben in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

A wounded person is tended to at Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse)

An injured person is seen after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)

People carry an injured person after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Radio Tele Ginen)

This Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows a damaged building near the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers)

Injured people are tended to at Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse)

A father carries his duaghter after a major earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

People gather in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)

Elie Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Conn., pray and for the people of the Caribbean Islands, at the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich. Both men have family and friends in Haiti, one of the countries hit by the largest earthquake to ever hit the Caribbean Islands. (AP Photo/The Day, Abigail Pheiffer)

Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team personnel deployed by USAID load a cargo plane with supplies bound for Haiti, in Sterling, Va. on Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)