Re: Earthquake Magnitude 5.3 - SPAIN
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1372846-miedo-y-evacuaciones-en-lorca-tras-los-terremotos
Spanish to English translation
Fear and evacuations after earthquakes Lorca
At least 80% of houses were damaged city
Friday May 13, 2011 | Published in print
MADRID .- The day after the earthquake that killed nine people and wounding 293, Lorca was sheer desperation and helplessness.
Yesterday, the destroyed houses, historic buildings to collapse, the columns of entire families forced to leave the population and the thousands of evacuees unable to return home by police order were just some of the postcards that totaled more desolation to fear of a possible third tremor.
To make matters worse, the nearly 20,000 people were forced to fill the five armed camps within a few hours by the authorities never stopped Murcia bad news during the day.
On the death of a woman lorquina 41, who had been admitted two days ago because of the serious injuries sustained after the collapse of a wall (it became the ninth fatal victim of the earthquake), was followed by the confirmation that other three had to be serious and that six people were reported missing.
Two earthquakes killed at least eight people dead, scores injured, thousands homeless and a lot of panic in the population, the town of Lorca was hardest hit - Photo: AFP
Many people remain on the esplanade of Huerto de la Rueda, Lorca, after spending the night in place of fear of possible aftershocks - Photo: EFE
A woman enters your home with a motorcycle helmet for fear of landslides - Photo: Reuters
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Of the dead, it emerged that four are adult men, four women, two of them pregnant, and that left a teenager of 14 years. It was also revealed that the nine victims died on the sidewalks as a result of landslides and building collapses cornices.
That happened to Antonia Sanchez Gallego, a woman with the body to protect her two children, one and three years respectively, before being killed by the rubble of a building while walking down the street.
Meanwhile, people are hospitalized in serious condition a woman of 73 years, another 36 and a boy of 3 years. However, among residents of Lorca, that 20% are foreign farmers, mainly from Ecuador and Eastern Europe, had even more reason to indulge in pessimism.
After an initial survey, which covered 40% of affected households in the city on Wednesday by two tremors of 4.5 and 5.2 degrees on the Richter scale, teams of engineers and architects determined that only 45% of the homes tested are suitable for living. The remaining 55%, however, is not in proper condition for returning evacuees.
Funerals
For his part, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced today that concur with his cabinet and with the princes of Asturias, to the funerals of nine victims, to be held at 11 on the campus of Santa Quiteria Murcia. There, and to offer a final goodbye to the victims and sympathy to the families and people Lorca, who live three days of official mourning, Zapatero announced an economic aid package aimed at rebuilding the city, which suffered much damage of the old town.
The measures were advanced yesterday by Vice President Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, who noted that significant support will include provision for those who have lost their homes, as well as significant tax benefits for businesses affected locality, which supports its economy on agriculture and tourism .
"We need to invest money to recover Lorca everyday life," the official said yesterday, also said the aid package to be approved by an executive order on Monday, also includes grants of up to 18,000 euros for families of deaths and serious injuries that have been unable to work, from wounds received in the quake. They were also granted assistance to rent homes to those most affected by the earthquake, and grants and benefits are enabled to repair the damaged property.
Meanwhile, the Consulate of Argentina in Madrid told La Nacion that there are no reports of injuries a national of Argentina.
"The national community in Lorca, totaling 50 people, began shortly after the two earthquakes a round of calls to make sure everyone was okay. There are very few there and know everyone, so it is virtually ruled out the possibility that we had to mourn victims of our country. Yes, however, Argentina had suffered damage to their homes, but so far no one had to receive medical care, "said the spokesman asked
