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Photos: Elderly People are Vulnerable in Disasters

Reuters

World

January 20, 2005

 

Surrounded by her belongings an old 
woman waits for transport even as mild 
tremors continue to shake the town of 
Morbi,  250 km northwest of Ahmedabad, 
January 29, 2001.  Around 300 people 
have been killed in the town and 
thousands of buildings have been 
rendered unsafe. An estimated 20,000 
people are believed to have been killed 
in the earthquake that ravaged western 
India on January 26.   REUTERS/Savita 
Kirloskar

Surrounded by her belongings an old woman waits for transport even as mild tremors continue to shake the town of Morbi , 250 km northwest of Ahmedabad, January 29, 2001. Around 300 people have been killed in the town and thousands of buildings have been rendered unsafe. An estimated 20,000 people are believed to have been killed in the earthquake that ravaged western India on January 26. REUTERS/Savita Kirloskar
REF: MOR07D

An injured man drinks tea in a mosque in 
Kerman, the regional capital, after the 
earthquake struck Bam, 1285 kilometres 
southeast of Tehran December 26, 2003.A 
pre-dawn earthquake razed much of the 
ancient Silk Road city of Bam in Iran on 
Friday, killing more than 20,000 people 
and injuring tens of thousands more, 
government officials said.   REUTERS/
Morteza 
Nikoubazl 

An injured man drinks tea in a mosque in Kerman, the regional capital, after the earthquake struck Bam, 1285 kilometres southeast of Tehran December 26, 2003.A pre-dawn earthquake razed much of the ancient Silk Road city of Bam in Iran on Friday, killing more than 20,000 people and injuring tens of thousands more, government officials said. REUTERS/ Morteza Nikoubazl
REF: BAM19D

Salvadoran woman Julia Melendez, 82, her 
broken arm in a cast, rests in San 
Vicente, 40 miles from San Salvador 
February 14, 2001. El Salvador was 
struck on February 13 by a powerful new 
6.1 Richter scale earthquake, killing at 
least 170 people an injuring 1,557,  
just one month after a big quake killed 
844 people and left thousands homeless. 
REUTERS/Jorge 
Silva 

Salvadoran woman Julia Melendez, 82, her broken arm in a cast, rests in San Vicente, 40 miles from San Salvador February 14, 2001. El Salvador was struck on February 13 by a powerful new 6.1 Richter scale earthquake, killing at least 170 people an injuring 1,557, just one month after a big quake killed 844 people and left thousands homeless. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
REF: SAL04

An elderly Indian tsunami survivor eats 
in a relief camp in Kanniyakumari, some 
740 km (463 miles) south from the 
southern Indian city of Madras January 6,
 2005. The December 26 tsunami, 
triggered by an undersea earthquake off 
Indonesia, has killed about 150,000 
people across south and southeast Asia, 
with more than 15,000 in India alone.   
REUTERS/Sucheta 
Das 

An elderly Indian tsunami survivor eats in a relief camp in Kanniyakumari, some 740 km (463 miles) south from the southern Indian city of Madras January 6, 2005. The December 26 tsunami, triggered by an undersea earthquake off Indonesia , has killed about 150,000 people across south and southeast Asia, with more than 15,000 in India alone. REUTERS/Sucheta Das
REF: KAN01D

An elderly tsunami victim waits in line 
to receive relief supplies in 
Nagapattinam, in the southern Tamil Nadu 
state, January 10, 2005. At least 156,
000 people were killed across Asia by 
the December 26 earthquake and 
subsequent tsunami, the most widespread 
natural disaster in living memory. Well 
over 100,000 are missing, and there is 
little hope of finding many of them 
alive. REUTERS/Kamal 
Kishore 

An elderly tsunami victim waits in line to receive relief supplies in Nagapattinam, in the southern Tamil Nadu state, January 10, 2005. At least 156, 000 people were killed across Asia by the December 26 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the most widespread natural disaster in living memory. Well over 100,000 are missing, and there is little hope of finding many of them alive. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore
REF: NAG02D

A Salvadoran soldier evacuates a woman 
November 1 after a river overflowed its 
banks near the village of Chilanguera, 
some 150 km east of San Salvador. 
Hurricane Mitch killed some 11,000 
people and caused billions of dollars 
worth of damage in Central America.   lg/
Photo by Luis Galdamez       
 

A Salvadoran soldier evacuates a woman November 1 after a river overflowed its banks near the village of Chilanguera , some 150 km east of San Salvador . Hurricane Mitch killed some 11,000 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage in Central America . lg/ Photo by Luis Galdamez
REF: POY82

A Sri Lankan man identified as H.G. 
Sirisena -- whom local newspapers said 
had survived 14 days buried beneath the 
rubble of a building that collapsed in 
the December 26 tsunami -- lies on a 
hospital bed January 9, 2005 after 
surgery in Karapatiya. Local residents 
cast doubt on his story, however, saying 
he was a mentally-ill man who had been 
spotted only days ago in the area. 
REUTERS/Yves 
Herman

A Sri Lankan man identified as H.G. Sirisena -- whom local newspapers said had survived 14 days buried beneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the December 26 tsunami -- lies on a hospital bed January 9, 2005 after surgery in Karapatiya. Local residents cast doubt on his story, however, saying he was a mentally-ill man who had been spotted only days ago in the area. REUTERS/Yves Herman
REF: YHE01D

A man protects his face from dust and 
the smell of decay as he passes the 
wreckage of a shopping area in the 
central city of Galle, southern Sri 
Lanka January 1, 2005. A legion of ships 
and planes delivered aid to millions of 
Asian tsunami survivors on Saturday as 
New Year celebrations around the world 
paused to mourn victims of one of the 
worst disasters in living memory that 
has killed 124,622 so far.  REUTERS/Yves 
Herman 

A man protects his face from dust and the smell of decay as he passes the wreckage of a shopping area in the central city of Galle , southern Sri Lanka January 1, 2005. A legion of ships and planes delivered aid to millions of Asian tsunami survivors on Saturday as New Year celebrations around the world paused to mourn victims of one of the worst disasters in living memory that has killed 124,622 so far. REUTERS/Yves Herman
REF: YHE12D

A tsunami victim sits next to utensils 
given out at a relief camp at a fishing 
hamlet in Nagapattinam, in the southern 
Indian state of Tamil Nadu, January 19, 
2005. India's overall death toll from 
Dec. 26 devastation has risen to more 
than 16,000.   REUTERS/Kamal 
Kishore

A tsunami victim sits next to utensils given out at a relief camp at a fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, January 19, 2005. India 's overall death toll from Dec. 26 devastation has risen to more than 16,000. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore
REF: NAG08D

A Nicobar tribal man, who survived the 
tsunami, helps his wife to prepare lunch 
inside a relief camp in India's remote 
Car Nicobar island January 2, 2005. 
Eight days on, hungry and sick survivors 
of the Indian Ocean tsunami are waiting 
for food and medicine in growing 
desperation as a multinational aid 
operation tries to reach remote towns 
ravaged by the waves. Picture taken 
January 2, 2005. REUTERS/Altaf 
Hussain

A Nicobar tribal man, who survived the tsunami, helps his wife to prepare lunch inside a relief camp in India 's remote Car Nicobar island January 2, 2005. Eight days on, hungry and sick survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami are waiting for food and medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid operation tries to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves. Picture taken January 2, 2005. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain
REF: POR110D

A Haitian family escapes flood waters 
that have surrounded their home and home 
business, a garage, near Gonaives, Haiti,
 on September 20, 2004. Haitians were 
caught off guard by flooding resulting 
from Tropical Storm Jeanne. REUTERS/
Daniel 
Morel

A Haitian family escapes flood waters that have surrounded their home and home business, a garage, near Gonaives , Haiti , on September 20, 2004. Haitians were caught off guard by flooding resulting from Tropical Storm Jeanne. REUTERS/ Daniel Morel
REF: HAT002

An Iranian woman Shahrbanoo Mazandarani (
R) was pulled alive and unscathed from 
the rubble in Bam on January 3, 2004 
more than eight full days after an 
earthquake destroyed the city, receives 
treatment at a field hospital. The woman,
 believed to be in her 90s, was found in 
good condition despite long odds of 
surviving so long after the quake. She 
was located first by sniffer dogs on 
Saturday afternoon -- more than 8-1/2 
days after the quake buried her under a 
building.     REUTERS/Morteza 
Nikoubazl

An Iranian woman Shahrbanoo Mazandarani ( R) was pulled alive and unscathed from the rubble in Bam on January 3, 2004 more than eight full days after an earthquake destroyed the city, receives treatment at a field hospital. The woman, believed to be in her 90s, was found in good condition despite long odds of surviving so long after the quake. She was located first by sniffer dogs on Saturday afternoon -- more than 8-1/2 days after the quake buried her under a building. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
REF: BAM08D

Maria Hernandez, a 72-year-old survivor 
of the deadliest storm to hit Central 
America in two centuries, looks at where 
her home once stood in the village of 
Nuevo Mundo, 150 km southeast of 
Salvadoran capital San Salvador November 
6. In Nuevo Mundo alone, 37 people died 
in flash floods from water dumped by 
Mitch and a further 70 are still missing.
 The death toll for Central America as a 
whole currently stands at 11,000, with 
another 13,000 unaccounted for. ad/Photo 
by Luis Galdamez

Maria Hernandez, a 72-year-old survivor of the deadliest storm to hit Central America in two centuries, looks at where her home once stood in the village of Nuevo Mundo , 150 km southeast of Salvadoran capital San Salvador November 6. In Nuevo Mundo alone, 37 people died in flash floods from water dumped by Mitch and a further 70 are still missing. The death toll for Central America as a whole currently stands at 11,000, with another 13,000 unaccounted for. ad/Photo by Luis Galdamez
REF: SAL05

An man prays in front of the rubble of 
his house after a massive earthquake 
destroyed it in the western Indian city 
of Bhuj in this January 27, 2001 file 
photo. It has been a month since the 
Indian state of Gujurat was savaged by 
an earthquake, and yet thousands of 
people are still homeless, sick and 
hungry. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File 
photo

An man prays in front of the rubble of his house after a massive earthquake destroyed it in the western Indian city of Bhuj in this January 27, 2001 file photo. It has been a month since the Indian state of Gujurat was savaged by an earthquake, and yet thousands of people are still homeless, sick and hungry. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File photo
REF: SIN52D

An Indian Nicobari tribal man carries 
his mother as they leave the Car Nicobar 
island, India December 29, 2004, after a 
tsunami hit the remote Andaman and 
Nicobar islands chain, near the 
epicentre of the quake, on Sunday. 
Rescuers in India's Andaman and Nicobar 
isles struggled on Thursday to assess 
the toll from this week's tsunami in 
areas untouched by the modern world but 
said the destruction might not be as bad 
as feared. Picture taken December 29, 
2004.  REUTERS/Jayanta 
Shaw

An Indian Nicobari tribal man carries his mother as they leave the Car Nicobar island, India December 29, 2004, after a tsunami hit the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands chain, near the epicentre of the quake, on Sunday. Rescuers in India 's Andaman and Nicobar isles struggled on Thursday to assess the toll from this week's tsunami in areas untouched by the modern world but said the destruction might not be as bad as feared. Picture taken December 29, 2004. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw
REF: POR05D.

An Acehnese woman grimaces as she 
receives medical treatment at a hospital 
in the tsunami-hit city of Banda Aceh on 
the Indonesian island of Sumatra January 
7, 2005. The world's largest peace-time 
relief effort zeroed in on remote 
northern areas of Indonesia's Sumatra 
island where possibly hundreds of 
thousands of tsunami survivors have yet 
to receive aid.   REUTERS/Darren 
Whiteside

An Acehnese woman grimaces as she receives medical treatment at a hospital in the tsunami-hit city of Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra January 7, 2005. The world's largest peace-time relief effort zeroed in on remote northern areas of Indonesia 's Sumatra island where possibly hundreds of thousands of tsunami survivors have yet to receive aid. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
REF: ACE05D

An elderly woman prays during a mass in 
memory of earthquake victims in the 
shelter El Cafetalon in Santa Tecla, 
January 21, 2001. On January 13, a 7.6 
Richter scale earthquake rocked El 
Salvador destoying some 46,000  homes 
and killing more than 700 people.    
REUTERS/Jorge 
Silva

An elderly woman prays during a mass in memory of earthquake victims in the shelter El Cafetalon in Santa Tecla, January 21, 2001. On January 13, a 7.6 Richter scale earthquake rocked El Salvador destoying some 46,000 homes and killing more than 700 people. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
REF: SAL05D 

A tribal woman from the remote Car 
Nicobar island rests inside a tsunami 
relief camp in Port Blair January 8, 
2005. The Reserve Bank of India eased 
rules for lending money to tsunami 
victims on Saturday and advised banks to 
do more to provide financial aid in 
affected areas. REUTERS/Jayanta 
Shaw

A tribal woman from the remote Car Nicobar island rests inside a tsunami relief camp in Port Blair January 8, 2005. The Reserve Bank of India eased rules for lending money to tsunami victims on Saturday and advised banks to do more to provide financial aid in affected areas. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw
REF: POR12D

An Indian woman wails after her house 
was damaged near the Marina beach when a 
tsunami hit the southern Indian city of 
Madras December 26, 2004. At least 1,000 
people have been killed after a tsunami 
triggered by an earthquake in the Indian 
Ocean hit India's southern coast on 
Sunday, Interior Minister Shiv Raj Patil 
told Aaj Tak television.  REUTERS/
Babu

An Indian woman wails after her house was damaged near the Marina beach when a tsunami hit the southern Indian city of Madras December 26, 2004. At least 1,000 people have been killed after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean hit India 's southern coast on Sunday, Interior Minister Shiv Raj Patil told Aaj Tak television. REUTERS/ Babu
REF: MAD13D

A woman sits in a classroom used as a 
shelter for homeless people in central 
Choluteca, southern Honduras, November 
26. Three weeks after Hurricane Mitch 
hit the country, thousands of people 
remain homeless and in need of basic aid 
like medicine, drinking water and food. 
db/Photo by Desmond Boylan

A woman sits in a classroom used as a shelter for homeless people in central Choluteca, southern Honduras , November 26. Three weeks after Hurricane Mitch hit the country, thousands of people remain homeless and in need of basic aid like medicine, drinking water and food. db/Photo by Desmond Boylan


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