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Hope of finding survivors fades in El Salvador
Rescuers abandoned a last-ditch attempt to find survivors of El Salvador`s killer quake as the priority became getting food, water and shelter to the tens of thousands of victims who lost it all.
Rescuers abandoned a last-ditch attempt to find survivors of El Salvador's killer quake as the priority became getting food, water and shelter to the tens of thousands of victims who lost it all.
The death toll of 675 from Saturday's killer quake would likely continue to rise, rescuers said late on Tuesday, as heavy machinery cleared rubble and landslides, and helicopters reached remote mountainous areas.
At least 2,000 people were believed missing and feared dead. Rescue workers said that it would be a miracle to find survivors amid the destruction.
Red cross workers making their way slowly through rural areas of the impoverished Central American country discovered more villages destroyed by Saturday's devastating earthquake, suggesting the death toll could rise further.
Just outside the capital, workers spent the day dynamiting massive hillside boulders to prevent them from crashing on the roads.
Several RTADS, including one major highway, reopened late on Tuesday after workers blasted dangerous rocks out of the way.
Alongside the highway, families kept watch of their meager belongings, burning garbage to give them light after sundown as power remained cut off in those areas.
Alone in Las Colinas, a once quiet suburb of Santa Tecla, just outside the capital, rescuers retrieved hundreds of bodies from the devastation wrought by a quake-triggered landslide.
Bureau Report
At least 2,000 people were believed missing and feared dead. Rescue workers said that it would be a miracle to find survivors amid the destruction.
Red cross workers making their way slowly through rural areas of the impoverished Central American country discovered more villages destroyed by Saturday's devastating earthquake, suggesting the death toll could rise further.
Just outside the capital, workers spent the day dynamiting massive hillside boulders to prevent them from crashing on the roads.
Several RTADS, including one major highway, reopened late on Tuesday after workers blasted dangerous rocks out of the way.
Alongside the highway, families kept watch of their meager belongings, burning garbage to give them light after sundown as power remained cut off in those areas.
Alone in Las Colinas, a once quiet suburb of Santa Tecla, just outside the capital, rescuers retrieved hundreds of bodies from the devastation wrought by a quake-triggered landslide.
Bureau Report