Chile sharply lowers quake death toll to 279
1 of 36. An earthquake survivor covers her nose against the smell of the rotting bodies still inside many buildings destroyed a major earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Talcahuano March 3, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Victor Ruiz Caballero
SANTIAGO |
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's government on Thursday sharply cut the official death toll from a massive weekend earthquake and ensuing tsunamis to 279 identified bodies, from a previously reported 802 victims, without giving an explanation.
A government source told Reuters the previously reported figure had included lists of people still missing from various local authorities.
(Reporting by Santiago Newsroom; Editing by John O'Callaghan)
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Comments (7)
THeRmoNukE wrote:
Correction: I mean 3.5 years, “time, timeS, and half a time”, or 1260 days.
KDupre wrote:
This earthquake sure is different than Haiti’s. Chili is so much better prepared. Thank goodness! It could have been so much worse.
CatWhisperer wrote:
Please get rid of the buggering spammers…
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