Rescue teams search for victims in the earthquake-stricken village of Varzaghan in East Azarbaijan August 11, 2012. Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and into Sunday as medical staff desperately tried to save lives. REUTERS/Farshid Tighehsaz/ISNA ...
By Yeganeh Torbati:
DUBAI (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran
struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as
rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed
nearly 300 people.
Thousands huddled
in makeshift camps or slept in the street after Saturday's quakes for
fear of more aftershocks, 60 of which had already struck. A lack of
tents and other supplies left them exposed to the night chill, one
witness told Reuters.
"I saw some people
whose entire home was destroyed, and all their livestock killed," Tahir
Sadati, a local photographer, said by telephone. "People need help, they
need warm clothes, more tents, blankets and bread."
The worst damage and most casualties appeared to have been in rural villages around the towns of Ahar, Varzaghan and Harees, near the major city of Tabriz, Iranian media reported...Continue reading...
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