NEW : State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones : 1 -888-407-4747 . ( CNN ) -- With phone lines down and communication cut With phone lines down , Haitian in Haiti fret about loved ones on island . ` ` It looks like it 's worse than we all imagined , '' Haitian in Haiti says . U.S. is most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere , plagued by violence .
NEW : State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones : 1 -888-407-4747 . With phone lines down , Haitian in Haiti fret about loved ones on island . `` It looks like it 's worse than we all imagined , '' Haitian in Haiti says . U.S. is most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere , plagued by violence .