Pakistan

The earthquake that hit Pakistan a few day ago, has been made more complicated by tensions in the region.

Rockets in the region have been reported to have been fired.

There are Parties in the area that are too many to enumerate and name in this article.

Nevertheless, here is an outline of the situation:

Geographic location:

Province of Balochistan

District of Awaran

District of Kech

picture of girl victim: 

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Results/ aftermath of earthquake estimates:

350 dead

600 injured

21,000 houses destroyed

many missing, might be buried under rubble or collapsed structures

Challenges:

Temperatures around 100 degrees Fahrenheit

Dry climatic conditions

Structures for daily living might not be as closely placed together as they are in big cities

Scarce resources/ what they need and have little of:

Housing

Clean drinking water

News.net says the main hospital in the area does not have an X-ray machine or laboratory

What is needed ASAP/ as soon as possible:

Clean drinkable water

X-ray machines

Medical equipment to check for internal bleeding and injuries that might not be readily apparent from view of the outside

Temporary housing structures might be of assistance

Facilitating search for missing persons, equipment 

This article translated into Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, and a few others:
Arabic: http://www.headlinecrestnews.com/in-arabic.php

Urdu: http://www.headlinecrestnews.com/in-urdu.php

Hindi:  http://www.headlinecrestnews.com/in-hindi.php

Gujarati: http://www.headlinecrestnews.com/in-gujarati.php


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Region of Earthquake/ map of location of Arawan:

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