Haiti miracle: Survivor found after four weeks

Evan Muncie was found in the wreckage of a marketplace where he sold rice.

Another survivor has been pulled from the wreckage of a building in Port-au-Prince, more than two weeks after the government called off search-and-rescue efforts and nearly a month after the earthquake which devastated Haiti.

The 28-year-old man, identified as Evan Muncie, was found buried in the rubble of a marketplace and may have been trapped since the January 12 quake, according to CNN reports.

Doctors said he was suffering from extreme dehydration and malnutrition but did not have any major injuries from being crushed.

Dr Mike Connelly at the University of Miami field hospital said Muncie had been left "emaciated" by his ordeal.

"He hadn't had anything in quite some time. He had open wounds that were festering on both of his feet."

Muncie told doctors that someone had brought him water while he was trapped.

But his doctors said he sounded confused and sometimes seemed to believe he was still under the rubble.

Dr Connelly said Muncie would not have survived for so long without water, but was not sure how he would have had access to it.

The Haitian government called off search-and-rescue efforts on January 23, but survivors were still being discovered up until January 27.

- NZHERALD STAFF