EL SALVADOR: EMERGENCY WORKERS CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING INTERNATIONAL AID TO VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE

Record ID: 646535

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: EMERGENCY WORKERS CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING INTERNATIONAL AID TO VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE
  • Date: 20th January 2001
  • Summary: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR. (JANUARY 19, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. MV RELIEF WORKERS WALKING WITH SHOVELS; SLV TRACTOR UNCOVERING DEBRIS; MV MAN AND WOMAN CARRYING REFRIGERATOR (3 SHOTS) 0.15 2. SLV TENT CITY; SLV PEOPLE LINING UP FOR FOOD; MV RELIEF WORKERS DISTRIBUTING FOOD (5 SHOTS) 0.38 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GENERAL ANTONIO GUTIERREZ, MEXICAN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR SAYING "4,500 - 5,000 people have come to receive aid. Our c-130 planes have flown back to Mexico to bring more." 0.52 4. SLV /MV PEOPLE SELECTING DONATED CLOTHES (3 SHOTS) 1.01 5. MV SOLDIERS UNLOADING BOTTLED WATER FROM TRUCK; SCU SOLDIERS UNLOADING BOXES; SCU MEDICAL SUPPLIES (3 SHOTS) 1.09 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ROBERTO MURRAY, SALVADOREAN COORDINATOR OF EMERGENCY COMMITTEE, SAYING "Many people who were indigent had learned that food were being distributed and came. We believe the situation is beginning to normalize." 1.33 7. MV PEOPLE SELECTING DONATED CLOTHES; SCU SOLDIERS PILING AID BOXES; SLV AID DISTRIBUTION CENTRE (3 SHOTS) 1.44 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th February 2001 12:00
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  • Location: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Reuters ID: LVAAAS7B9Y2OPCD8UF1TOXDPBR46
  • Story Text: Emergency workers in El Salvador continued to work
    around the clock to distribute the thousands of pounds of
    international aid that has poured into the country since an
    earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale toppled
    buildings and caused mudslides.

    Salvadoran and volunteer emergency workers continued
    on Friday (January 19) distributing aid to the thousands of
    victims of Saturday's earthquake that left close to 700 people
    dead and thousands homeless.

    With continued government inspections revealing at least
    120,000 homes left uninhabitable by the earthquake, a United
    Nations spokesman in El Salvador, made an appeal for
    additional aid to add to the massive, five-day-old
    international relief operation.

    Authorities tried to lift people's spirits, organizing
    soccer games, puppet shows and traditional party "pinatas" for
    those who were not waiting for rice and beans doled out at the
    end of hours-long lines at a tent city just outside the
    capital of San Salvador.


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