CREWS STRUGGLE TO REACH IRANIAN QUAKE VICTIMS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Rescue teams fought snow, high winds and wild dogs "Wild Dogs" were a band featuring current Journey drummer Deen Castronovo and Matthew T McCourt (aka Dr Mastermind). The band went through several lineup changes that included at least 2 singers, 2 guitarists and 3 bassists in its history. Saturday as they tried to bring help to an earthquake-devastated region in northwest Iran. Doctors and aid workers said the death toll was in the thousands. The quake rocked mountainous Ardabil province Friday afternoon, damaging 83 villages - some were razed raze also rase tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es 1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin. 2. To scrape or shave off. 3. - and injuring about 2,000 people, state-run Tehran radio reported. It said the official death toll had risen to 500, but rescue and aid workers estimated at least 3,000 people had died. The Iranian quake was one of a number that have jolted Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" over the last couple of days, including temblors in Armenia, China and Pakistan. Scientists said there was no evidence they were connected. In Iran, rescue teams bearing tents and emergency food for the stricken villages, located on the edge of the Talish Mountains, 365 miles northwest of the capital, Tehran, were slowed by snowstorms, whipping winds and landslides. Some rescuers also had to face wild dogs and wolves, which were tearing into the corpses in the village of Golestan, where at least 80 people died. In Nir, 25 miles southwest of the provincial capital Noun 1. provincial capital - the capital city of a province capital - a seat of government city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" of Ardabil, security officers watched over a sports center where 13 bodies lay wrapped in blankets on a basketball court, the floor stained with dried blood. ``There were hundreds of bodies here last night,'' said Ali Rahimpour, one of the guards. ``There were so many corpses that we had to leave many of them outside.'' Doctors at Nir's Fatemi Hospital said the death toll in the region was in the thousands. A teacher in the nearby town of Sarain said he counted 2,000 dead taken to the cemetery in Ardabil. Iran estimated the quake's magnitude at 5.5. The U.S. National Earthquake Information Center The National Earthquake Information Center (abbreviated NEIC) is part of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. in Golden, Colo., said it was 6.1. A more powerful quake struck western Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 100 people. Pakistan and Iran are hit by numerous quakes each year. In the remote corner of western Pakistan - 1,200 miles southeast of the Iranian quake site - some of the injured began arriving Saturday in Quetta, the nearest big city, about 400 miles southwest of Islamabad. Stretchers lined hospital corridors and doctors made an appeal for blood donations “Give blood” redirects here. For other uses, see Give blood (disambiguation). Blood donation is a process by which a blood donor voluntarily has blood drawn for storage in a blood bank, generally for subsequent use in a blood transfusion. . |
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