LOVELAND, OHIO - Pakistan Aftermath in Photos
LOVELAND, OHIO - According to a photo essay by Paolo Pellegrin on the web site of Magnum Photos, “Last October's earthquake in Kashmir was the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history. The tremor killed more than 80,000 people and injured hundred of thousands.”
“Eight months after the catastrophy, some 3 million people still remain homeless. The relief operation has been ongoing and massive: helicopters have flown more than 27,000 sorties into the Himalayan region in northern Pakistan, where the 7.6-magnitude quake was centered. They've dropped off some 30,000 tons of provisions--food, medicine, blankets and tents. Still, the reconstruction of the 600,000 homes in the region has barely begun, and all the villages in the quake zone, one of the poorest and most remote in the world before the disaster, have sunk even deeper into poverty.”
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