The press in both Chile and globally have focused primarily over the sporadic looting after a massive earthquake shook Chile. Yet there are other news stories to note aside from the possible overemphasis on crimes and misdemeanors:- At least forty retirees enjoying a vacation in the seaside town of Pelluhue are suspected to be among the hundreds of dead after a tidal wave swept away the bus they had sought refuge in.
- The official death toll from Saturday’s tremor has reached 795 with 554 of the deceased coming from the Maule region.
- Numerous governments from around the world have pledged to help Chile including the U.S. and Europe. Peruvian president Alan Garcia was the latest foreign diplomat to pledge support to Chile.
- Among the items being sought for earthquake victims are blood donations.
- The mayor of Concepcion- Chile’s second-largest city which was located about seventy miles from the epicenter- ripped the federal government’s response to the disaster.
- Speaking of which, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised to look into why the national tsunami warning system failed in alerting numerous coastal communities.
- Lastly, the 8.8-magnitude earthquake was so severe that NASA scientists believed that it may have moved the Earth’s axis by three inches as well as shortened last Saturday by a over one microsecond.
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