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In case you don’t know what is going on in Haiti here’s a little info from CBS NEWS:

Time is quickly slipping away for earthquake survivors trapped beneath rubble as rescue workers race to save victims of the 7.0-magnitude temblor that ravaged Haiti this week.

Friday marks the third full day after the quake - a potentially critical threshold for finding survivors. Relief workers say the first 72 hours after a disaster are critical to saving lives.

After that, Tamman Aloudat, a senior official at the Red Cross, told CNN that relief efforts should be diverted to helping care for the living instead of searching for trapped victims.

“Very soon, attention should go to avoiding epidemics,” he said. However, there was good news on the rescue front: 14 people were pulled out of the collapsed Hotel Montana Thursday night, Reuters reports. That includes five Americans that were in Haiti for a conference. But as many as 70 are still buried, rescue workers fear.

As the clock continues to tick on rescue efforts, numerous other challenges confront survivors and the relief workers trying to help them:

Dead Bodies: Haitian President Rene Preval told The Miami Herald that over a 20-hour period government crews had removed 7,000 corpses from the streets and morgues and buried them in mass graves.

Small groups could be seen burying dead by roadsides. Other dust-covered bodies were being dragged down streets, toward hospitals where relatives hoped to leave them. Countless dead remained unburied, some in piles. Outside one pharmacy, the body of a woman was covered by a sheet, a small bundle atop her, a tiny foot poking from its covering.

There have also been reports of angry Haitians stacking bodies in the street to form roadblocks, venting frustration at the slow pace of relief supplies arriving.

In the center of the capital, the stench from the bodies beginning to rot in the sun, combined with the acrid dust still choking the air, is forcing people to cover their faces with anything available, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor.

The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people have died. As the bodies continue to decay, the health risks they pose become greater.

Looting: After days with no food and no sign of help, desperation began turning to violence in the city’s old commercial center with gangs of machete-wielding men roam the streets, reports CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella.

Crowds are emptying the stores, grabbing anything they can carry - even mattresses, to avoid another night sleeping on concrete.

United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the capital said people’s anger is rising that aid hasn’t been distributed quickly, and the Brazilian military warned aid convoys to add security to guard against looting.

“Unfortunately, they’re slowly getting more angry and impatient,” said David Wimhurst, spokesman for the Brazilian-commanded U.N. peacekeeping mission. “I fear, we’re all aware that the situation is getting more tense as the poorest people who need so much are waiting for deliveries. I think tempers might be frayed.”

After initial reports that the U.N. World Food Program warehouses had been heavily looted, spokeswoman Emilia Casella said officials in Port-au-Prince had recovered most stocks from four warehouses in the city, and would be handing out 6,000 tons of food aid shortly. The WFP has 15,000 tons of food in the country.

Ordinary Haitians sensed the potential for an explosion of lawlessness. “We’re worried that people will get a little uneasy,” said attendant Jean Reynol, 37, explaining his gas station was ready to close immediately if violence breaks out.

“People who have not been eating or drinking for almost 50 hours and are already in a very poor situation,” U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said in Geneva. “If they see a truck with something, or if they see a supermarket which has collapsed, they just rush to get something to eat.”

The quake’s destruction of Port-au-Prince’s main prison complicated the security situation. International Red Cross spokesman Marcal Izard said some 4,000 prisoners had escaped.

“They obviously took advantage of this disaster,” Izard said.

(quoted: cbsnews.com)