The Haitian presidential palace stands in ruins。

　　海地总统府也完全被毁。

　　Haitian police vehicles as well as those from the United Nations and the Red Cross tried to ferry the wounded to hospital, but progress was slow as chunks of rubble lay strewn across the roads。

　　海地警方、联合国以及红十字会的车辆都帮助民众把伤者运往医院，但由于道路上布满了巨大的石块而难以前行。

　　The tremor sparked widespread panic as it brought down buildings including the presidential palace, hotels, a hospital and the UN head quarters in the capital Port-au-Prince。

　　地震引起的巨大震动导致首都太子港的总统府、酒店、一间医院和联合国总部坍塌，民众广泛恐慌。

　　A woman faints in the arms of a medic in an emergency clinic in Petionville in Port-au-Prince。

　　太子港某诊所，一名妇女晕倒在救援人员怀里。

　　Rescue teams were hampered when communications went down in the minutes after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT, but efforts to free people trapped in the debris continued throughout the night。

　　救援人员间的通讯在地震当时中断，但人们仍整夜努力拯救被困民众。