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Hope in Liquified Land
I am standing on liquified land that swallowed more than 1,000 houses and killed more than 500 people; more than 500 people are still missing. Presumably, they are buried under this
soil. An old man next to me said that houses moved more than half a kilometer. I see twisted, half-buried cars and broken houses awkwardly tilted and frozen, still in the soil. An imam’s prayer is blasting from a nearby mosque. It sounds beautiful but eerie. Dusk is near under thick gray clouds. The surrounding mountains are getting darker.
They Survived an Earthquake
A note from Jesús “Chuy” Valdez, a Miyamoto engineer in Mexico City… Tears welled up in my eyes
2017 Mexico Earthquake Chronicles
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Central Italy Earthquake Journal – Day 3
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Central Italy Earthquake Journal – Day 2
DAY 2 The night has passed with a few hours of sleep full of thoughts and images of
Central Italy Earthquake Journal – Day 1
DAY 1 After a six-hour drive from Milan, finally we arrive in the earthquake disaster zone, where we’ll
In Wake of Quake, How Ready is Los Angeles?
CBS NEWS, LOS ANGELES –Â The centuries-old villages pulverized in the Italy quake are far from the Los Angeles