Food, Electricity, Water Top Priorities for Post-Quake Chile, UN Relief Wing Reports

by Gary Kopycinski on March 3, 2010

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CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–3 March 2010 – The situation in the main areas of Chile affected by the recent earthquake is still critical, the United Nations relief wing reported today, noting that access to food and the restoration of electricity and drinking water are still the top priorities. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least 723 people were killed and 2 million affected by the 8.8-magnitude quake, which occurred just off…