The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Chile are aiding in relief efforts. With a substantial number of 500,000 LDS members living in Chile, one member died during the quake, according to a KCSG Saturday report.
The Salt Lake City based LDS Church began to distribute food and water almost immediately after the massive earthquake struck Chile just one week ago. Since then LDS Church leaders have noted that food, water, tents, blankets, hygiene kits and sleeping mats are needed to help with relief efforts.
The LDS Church in Chile has already delivered six tons of food, and 20 additional tons are on its way to the city of Concepción.
Lynn Samsel, the LDS Director of Emergency Reponse said: “While any loss of life and destruction of great magnitude is a tragedy, we don’t anticipate that the situation in Chile will be nearly as devastating as what we’ve seen in Haiti.”
See the slideshow of disasters photos down on the right side of this page to see the damage the earthquake has done it buildings and its people.
Thursday, Chilean officials announced that the Chile earthquake death toll numbers they released previously had been overestimated, and they lowered the death toll number from 805 down to 279 as of Thursday. Chile was hit with a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake one week ago. For more on that story, click here.
UN donates $10 million to Chile relief; Chile’s had over 200 aftershocks since earthquake. The United Nations (UN) announced Friday that they would donate $10 million for Chile earthquake relief. The money will go toward rebuilding areas that were destroyed. The UN will also set up a joint task force immediately to help in Chile. For more on that story, click here.
Scientists at NASA say the earthquake in Chile caused the earth's axis to shift, which in turn shortened the earth’s day by 1.26 microseconds. NASA also stated that after the Indonesia tsunami in 2004, the Earth’s days were shortened by 6.8 microseconds. For more on that story, click here.
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