A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the western part of Haiti on Saturday, leaving nearly 230 people dead, multiple others injured and enormous damage in a country still reeling from the assassination of its president, an official said. The death toll jumped from 29 to 227, according to Haiti's Office of Civil Protection. Jerry Chandler, the agency's director, said that teams will be sent to the area for search and rescue missions. “The most important thing is to recover as many survivors as possible under the rubble,” said Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who declared a one-month state of emergency for the