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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Death toll in Mexico quake rises to 90 |
| 2017-09-11 |
| [DAWN] Government cargo planes flew in supplies and troops began distributing boxes of food to jittery survivors of an 8.1-magnitude earthquake that destroyed a large part of Juchitan and killed at least 37 people in the district, even as officials on Sunday raised the nationwide corpse count to 90. Some people continued to sleep outside, fearful of more collapses, as strong aftershocks continued to rattle the town, including a magnitude 5.2 jolt early Sunday. Some prompted rescue workers to pause in their labour. Local officials said they had counted nearly 800 aftershocks of all sizes since late Thursday's big quake, and the US Geological Survey counted nearly 60 with a magnitude of 4.5 or greater. Teams of soldiers and federal police armed with shovels and sledgehammers fanned out across neighbourhoods in Juchitan to help demolish damaged buildings. Dump trucks choked some narrow streets as they began hauling away the many tons of rubble. |
| Posted by:Fred |