Tensions rise in Haiti over trickle of aid following quake and storm

A traffic sign pokes out from the debris of a landslide triggered by Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake, alongside a road in Rampe, Haiti (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Tensions have been growing in Haiti over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people and was trailed by the drenching rain of Tropical Storm Grace.

Aid has trickled in, but distributing food and getting urgent medical care to those in need is another matter amid the deep poverty, insecurity and lack of basic infrastructure that characterised Haiti before the back-to-back disasters.