CRS staff working in the affected area slept under the stars in tents along with the thousands of survivors living in makeshift camps that spouted beside their ruined towns and villages. Whole families have died. There are children left with only one adult in their families. Trauma counseling is going to be needed. CRS initial efforts focused on the heavily damaged Kutch district, providing tents, tarps and heavy blankets for survivors suffering through near freezing nighttime temperatures.
Crops survive earthquakes.
To a lesser extent, water supplies survive earthquakes. But houses often don't survive earthquakes, and that is what we are facing here right now. Many fled the area in the wake of the earthquake. But, despite the devastation awaiting them at home, most are expected to return to rebuild again. Click here for a virtual tour of the sites affected by the India and El Salvador earthquakes.