UNICEF boss warns of absolute chaos in Haiti with residents suffering 'serious hunger and malnutrition' while gangs block roads and stop aid: 'Like a scene from Mad Max'

The UN children's agency chief said the situation in Haiti is the 'worst in decades' as millions face famine amid a rise in gang violence and looting.

Seven bodies were reportedly found in Petion Ville in the Ouest Department of Haiti on Monday after an overnight shooting.

UNICEF said one of its containers holding 'essential items for maternal, neonatal, and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment' was looted in the capital of Port-au-Prince's main port on Saturday.

Looting and overall violence has further cut some of the country's most vulnerable from basic supplies, coming 'at a critical moment when children need them the most,' the agency said.

That same day, the Guatemala's Foreign Ministry said the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti was ransacked, but didn't give any details of damage or thefts, nor did it say who was responsible.

'It's like a scene out of Mad Max. Honestly, that's what it seems like. 

'Gangs, vigilantes responding to the gangs,' UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell told CBS News.

A person lifts a sheet to look at the identity of a body lying on the ground after an overnight shooting in the Petion Ville neighborhood

Looting and overall violence has further cut some of the country's most vulnerable from basic supplies

UNICEF said one of its containers holding 'essential items for maternal, neonatal, and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment' was looted in the capital of Port-au-Prince's main port on Saturday

Paramedics carry the body of a person who was killed in the street by gang members on Monday

A man throws garbage next to the body of a murdered person, in Port-au-Prince on Friday

Gangs have raged through Haiti in recent weeks, attacking key institutions and shutting down the main international airport

Shortages of electricity, fuel and medical supplies have affected hospitals nationwide, with six out of ten facilities not able to function. Pictured: men transporting bags of coal

'Many, many people there are suffering from serious hunger and malnutrition and we're not able to get enough aid to them.'

Gangs have raged through Haiti in recent weeks, attacking key institutions and shutting down the main international airport. The gangs, led by a man nicknamed 'Barbeque' have risen to power without clear leadership in the country and the prime minister's resignation. 

Approximately 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid, sometimes eating only once a day or nothing at all, aid groups said.

'Haiti is facing a protractive and mass hunger,' Jean-Martin Bauer, Haiti director for the United Nations' World Food Program, told The Associated Press.

'We have supplies for weeks. I’m saying weeks, not months, that has me terrified.' 

The country's top gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier has threatened the families of political leaders who would support a planned transition council replacing outgoing PM Aruel Henry.

Haiti Libre reported the Haitian National Police raided Barbeque's territory on Friday as part of a strategy to unblock roads, seize firearms and facilitate the free movement of citizens.

According to police several gang members were killed during the operation. 

There was a major prison breakout of two of the country largest detention facilities leading to the escape of thousands of prisoners, including several notorious gang leaders. 

In Port-au-Prince, some hospitals have been forced to close over safety concerns, and only two surgical operating facilities are operational, according to UNICEF.

Shortages of electricity, fuel and medical supplies have affected hospitals nationwide, with six out of ten facilities not able to function.

'Now they've basically taken over the capital, they've taken over the airport. What that means for people is that we can't get aid in again, it's very difficult for us to do that,' said Russell.

'I mean, it's literally one thing after another for Haiti, and I think right now, it's the worst that anyone has seen in decades.'

The UNICEF executive director has compared the situation in Haiti to the post-apocalyptic movie Mad Max. Pictured: A scene from Mad Max-Fury Road

Seven bodies were reportedly found in Petion Ville in the Ouest Department of Haiti on Monday after an overnight shooting

In Haiti shortages of electricity, fuel and medical supplies have affected hospitals nationwide, with six out of ten facilities not able to function. Pictured: people take shelter in a school yard

Paramedics work to recover the bodies of people killed in the street by gang members

Approximately 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid,

The country's top gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier (pictured) has threatened the families of political leaders who would support a planned transition council replacing the ousted prime minister

Haitians are seen carrying buckets of water towards the blaze as official authorities remain largely absent throughout the ongoing crisis

'Haiti is facing a protractive and mass hunger,' Jean-Martin Bauer, Haiti director for the United Nations' World Food Program said. Pictured: A man eats a meal as a child covers his face after receiving containers of free food.

While Haiti's main airport in Port-au-Prince remains closed following gang attacks, the U.S. State Department said it would be offering limited charter flights for American citizens from the less chaotic northern city of Cap-Haïtien. 

But it warned that U.S. citizens should consider the flights 'only if you think you can reach Cap-Haïtien airport safely.' 

A charter flight carrying dozens of American citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed in Miami on Sunday, U.S. State Department officials said.

There were 166 seats available on the first flight out of the chaos-ridden nation but just 47 U.S. citizens took up the offer of returning on the government-chartered flight which arrived at Miami International Airport.

The evacuation came after the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince urged U.S. citizens to leave 'as soon as possible' as chaos gripped the island nation.

Passenger Avlot Quessa, who lives in Boston, traveled from the center of the country to board the charter flight after going to Haiti last month for was supposed to be a weeklong trip to visit his mother.

'It's just terrible. The suffering, you can only imagine,' Quessa told The Miami Herald of the nearby Caribbean nation.

'Haiti is my homeland and it's very stressful to see the homeland going through this act of violence, destruction ... and they are our neighbors.

'I ended up staying 20-plus days' he said noting that it was 'good to be back.'

However, Quessa said he also felt bad for the people he left behind: 'I also need to think about the people back home.

'They are only miles away from Miami. We cannot turn our eyes back on Haiti.

'Look at how much we invest in Ukraine and Israel. So no one is going to tell me that color doesn't matter.'