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An aerial view of the Hotel Le Manguier destroyed by an earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometres (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said. (AP Photo / Ralph Tedy Erol)

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UPDATED: 1,297 dead and 5,700 injured in Haiti earthquake

MONDAY UPDATE: Haiti's Civil Protection Agency said 1,297 dead from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake had been counted by Sunday, a day after the temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.

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