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October 12, 2005
Earthquake in Pakistan,Kashmir,India
On Saturday 8th October Pakistan, Kashmir and India suffered an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the richter scale. The epicenter was in Pakistan resulting in the nothern regions being hit particularly badly.
A whole generation had been wiped out in the most devastated areas because of the weekend's huge quake, the worst affected being the schoolchildren, chief military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said . "Rescuers are pulling out dead children in Muzaffarabad but there is no one to claim the bodies which shows their parents are dead," he said. "Rawalakot has been destroyed. Muzaffarabad is 70 percent destroyed. There is not a single house in Muzaffarabad which has not suffered damage-source Dawn.com 10 Oct 2005
Here are places you can help.
Wikicity
ICNA-HelpingHand
ThePakistanEmbassyDC
MercyCorps
UNICEF
CARECANADA
IslamicReliefWorldWide
Blog:
South Asia Quake Help
12 October 2005
Four days later people are still trapped under rubble calling for help. The Pakistani government requires more helicopters and cranes to get people out. Even in Indian administered Kashmir poeple cannot be reached.
Posted by Soniah Kamal at October 12, 2005 09:06 AM
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