With little food or water, hundreds die each day. The war has raged for over 40 years. Now Exactly one month after a 7.6 quake devastated El Salvador, killing 844 and destroying more than 140,000 homes, a second quake struck south of San Salvador. Telecommunications, electricity and rescue badly disrupted. About twice the size of Texas, the hard working people of Ethiopia have not seen rain in the last three years.
Subsistence farming is the primary occupation for more then five million inhabitants.
A Deathly Hurricane Hurricane Mitch devastated this country in 1998. After 10,000 died, another 1.5 million lost their homes. The country is a sponge of desperate need. More than a million people have been driven from their homes. Before dawn, residents were clinging to branches and sitting on top of huts waiting for rescue.