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Showing posts with label coastal town of talcahuano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coastal town of talcahuano. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Apoyo Para Chile: Como Pueden Ayudar a Chile: Donen a La Cruz Roja Chilena. Miren Lo Que Necesitan Alli

Siguiente esta una lista de articulos que la Cruz Roja Chilena necesita de la comunidad internacional:

"....Nuestra Institución solicita el apoyo de la comunidad a través de diferentes donaciones que irán en beneficio de los damnificados por la catástrofe. Los aportes en dinero se recibirán exclusivamente en la cuenta del Banco Estado Nº 362883, a nombre Cruz Roja Chilena Rut: 70.512.100-1 e-mail: finanzas@cruzroja.cl.

A nivel internacional, los aportes monetarios se canalizaran a través de la Cruz Roja de cada país, quienes han abierto ya, cuentas bancarias para los depósitos, que se transferirán a la brevedad a la Cruz Roja Chilena.

En este momento la comunidad puede donar lo siguiente:

Artículos de aseo:
Jabón de tocador
Shampoo
Desodorante
Pasta dental
Cepillos de dientes
Papel higiénico
Frazadas nuevas
Pañales..."

http://www.cruzroja.cl/noticias/noticia_414.php

Monday, March 1, 2010

The Coastal Towns and Villages Suffered Major Losses and Damages: Pelluhue is One of Them

Constitucion is wiped. There are very few survivors!

Most of the confirmed deaths so far are in the Maule region on the Chilean coast, which was closest to the epicenter. As much as 80% of some towns in the region was destroyed, officials said.

 The coastal town of Talcahuano was hit by destructive tsunami waves that took everything in their path.  The down is under water.  Losses of lives and property are wide-spread!

"Unfortunately, we found whole families buried in the rubble," said Alejandro Boettiger, a firefighter from the southern city of Talca. An exhausted Mr. Boettiger spoke as he carried an elderly woman out of her badly damaged apartment building.

In tiny Pelluhue, a southern coastal village of 1,000, waves harpooned 70-foot cypress trees into beachfront homes, while washing other houses up onto the slopes above town. Plywood and other debris littered the coast and floated offshore.

"The earth started shaking so violently that we couldn't stand,