The International Federation of the Red Cross estimated that up to 3 million people had been affected. Paul Conneally, a spokesman for the organization, said Haiti was ill-prepared to handle a major disaster and that it would take 24-48 hours before a clear picture emerges of the scale of the destruction. 

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