Apparently the Carl Vinson is on the way so that should help boost the helo ability in the area, since most of the roads are most likely shot to bits what'll be needed is good airlifting ability. Also the USS Bataan is on its way with a Marine expeditionary unit, which should help with feet on the ground.
It was quite a shallow quake too by the sounds of it, and the epicenter was close to the capital, hence the devastation.
I heard a figure of 500,000 estimated dead on the World Service last night, but that seems to have been reduced to 'tens of thousands', but even so...that's a unconceivably large amount of people.
It's not going to be pretty down there over the coming months. Not at all.
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