Massive Chile Earthquake
Huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake shatters Chile on Saturday, with at least 708 people dead .
Chile's president has sent the army to help the police combat looting on Sunday in the hard hit city, Concepcion. Some firefighters looking for survivors in a toppled apartment block were forced to pause because of tear gas fired to stop looters, who were wheeling off everything from microwave ovens to canned milk at a damaged supermarket across the street .
As tens of thousands faced a second night without drinking water, electricity or working toilets. President Michelle Bachelet said “Chile needs field hospitals and temporary bridges, water purification plants and damage assessment experts, as well as rescuers to help relieve workers who have been laboring frantically for more than a day.”
"We held onto each other in that doorway for almost three minutes," said Pablo Cuevas. "I watched a picture frame bang against the wall and wondered if the building was going to come down with us in it.”
The earthquakes epicenter was 56 miles North-East of Concepcion and a depth of 22 miles at 3:34 am on Saturday. Government-run television reported that 1.5 million
homes had been destroyed or declared unsafe.
Lots of people are donating to help this damaged, crushed Chile. Nobody will forget their loved ones but with the help from us maybe we can make a difference.
