- Title: EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL AID CONTINUES TO POUR INTO EARTHQUAKE STRICKEN COUNTRY
- Date: 20th January 2001
- Summary: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR. (JANUARY 18, 2001)(REUTERS) 1. SLV/MV/SCU DESTROYED HOMES; MV PEOPLE COLLECTING WATER; PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE FOR FOOD; SLV/SCU PEOPLE IN SHELTERS (12 SHOTS) 0.56 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR FOR THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FRANCISCO ROQUE SAYING "We in the World Food Programme think that support in terms of more food is urgent for the victims of the earthquake.The quake affected the entire country, of course, there are those who have been affected more. We have consulted with neighbouring countries and in our evaluations, we think that the number of people who need support in terms of more food is between 150,000 to 200,000." 1.25 3. SLV PEOPLE IN LINE FOR FOOD 1.38 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
- Country: El Salvador
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- Story Text: International aid continued to pour into El Salvador
following the devastating earthquake on Saturday. But
officials from the United Nations' World Food Programme have
sent out an urgent plea for more food for the victims.
The United Nations' World Food Programme made an
urgent plea on Thursday (January 18) for countries to send
more food supplies to El Salvador, estimating the number of
earthquake victims between 150,000 to 200,000.
As aid poured in from around the world, shelters
scrambled to make room for increasing numbers of homeless
families arriving from isolated regions.
"We in the World Food Programme think that support in
terms of more food is urgent for the victims of the
earthquake," said Francisco Roque, Director of the WFP.
Meanwhile, Salvadoran emergency workers scrambled to
control disease five days after the deadly earthquake struck,
fearing rotting corpses, contaminated water and overcrowded
refugee camps could trigger epidemics.
Teams of psychologists, particularly concerned about
trauma in children, also treated refugees who lost homes and
loved ones when Saturday's 7.6-magnitude quake killed at least
687 people in mudslides across the tiny Central American
nation.
With 24 cases of dengue fever, a deadly mosquito-born
disease, already reported, international relief teams toiled
to locate and bury bodies pulled from the debris and health
authorities urged them not to ignore animal corpses on which
the mosquitoes also feed.
The health ministry said it was constantly checking
chlorine-treated water supplies at scores of camps to ensure
refugees avoided an outbreak of cholera in this impoverished
nation of 6.2 million people.
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