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
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
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
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
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
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
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](../../../site_images/vulner7.jpg)
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
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](../../../site_images/vulner9.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner10.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner11.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner12.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner13.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner14.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner15.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner16.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner17.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner18.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner19.jpg)
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](../../../site_images/vulner20.jpg)
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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