Most international rescuers from the United States, France and Britain left Armenia after authorities called off the search for survivors February 1. Food shortages remained chronic and relief efforts remained slow. What we're finding is that the children are afraid of the night. Some of them are even afraid to go to the bathroom alone.
Colombian officials estimate the damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Although the quake hit the heart of the country's coffee region, it didn't badly damage crops. It did, however, devastate residential areas. Colombian Finance Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said it would take four to five years to rebuild. In the days following the quake, relief efforts were hampered by a lack of both coordination and equipment such as searchlights and lifting gear. Throngs of desperate survivors soon turned to looting supermarkets and other stores.