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CHILE'S earthquake toll soared past 700 on Sunday. The rescuers tried to find survivors after the devastating disaster which emerged in coastal areas where homes were washed away a tsunami. The number of deaths to increase further and the magnitude quake is around 8.8 on Saturday.
The navy made a mistake by did not issue them with a tsunami alert. A giant wave generated by the quake washed away entire homes and leaving desperate residents to stare in disbelief at the seaweed clinging to what was left of their livelihoods. The wave came and covered everything. The sea level was twenty feet high. The mayor of Chile pleaded urgently for help as rescuers with heat detectors hunted scores of people believed to be trapped in a 15-storey apartment block toppled on its back by the quake.
Police fired tear-gas and water cannons to try to disperse looters there, some of them dragged shopping trollies full of basic supplies. They need food for the population. They are without supplies, and if they don't resolve that they will have serious problems during the night. President Bachelet said the government was beginning to distribute food and vital aid to the shell-shocked population.
Aftershocks continued to rattle the country with alarming regularity; more than 115 were recorded in the first 30 hours after the quake, one a powerful 6.1-magnitude striking at 8.25am local time (1125 GMT, 7.25am Singapore time).


http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_496311.html