Rescuers ramp up search in Chile
500,000 dwellings hit hard; looting spreads; toll at 708
Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:58 a.m.
People survey a destroyed house Sunday after an earthquake in Curanipe, about 241 miles southwest of Santiago, Chile. An 8.8-magnitude quake struck central Chile early Saturday.
Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors, and the government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest earthquakes in centuries.
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