|
|
|
|
||
|
||
|
|
||
| SEARCH | SUBSCRIBE | ||
|
Photos: Elderly People are Vulnerable in Disasters
Surrounded
by her belongings an old woman waits for transport even as mild tremors
continue to shake the town of
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
Salvadoran
woman Julia Melendez, 82, her broken arm in a cast, rests in San Vicente,
40 miles from
An
elderly Indian tsunami survivor eats in a relief camp in Kanniyakumari,
some 740 km (463 miles) south from the southern Indian city of
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
A
Salvadoran soldier evacuates a woman November 1 after a river overflowed
its banks near the
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
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
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.
A
Nicobar tribal man, who survived the tsunami, helps his wife to prepare
lunch inside a relief camp in
A
Haitian family escapes flood waters that have surrounded their home and
home business, a garage, near
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
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
An
man prays in front of the rubble of his house after a massive earthquake
destroyed it in the western Indian city of
An
Indian Nicobari tribal man carries his mother as they leave the Car
Nicobar island,
An
Acehnese woman grimaces as she receives medical treatment at a hospital in
the tsunami-hit city of
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
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
An
Indian woman wails after her house was damaged near the
A
woman sits in a classroom used as a shelter for homeless people in central
Choluteca, southern
|
