www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / World

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help

China Daily | Updated: 2017-08-17 08:44

FREETOWN - Sierra Leone's president issued a desperate appeal for help, a day after flooding ravaged the country's capital, killing more than 300 people and leaving hundreds more missing.

President Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears and said the devastation was "overwhelming us", as he toured Regent, one of the worst-hit areas.

"Entire communities have been wiped out," Koroma said. "We need urgent support now." He also declared seven days of mourning across the country. It will start from Wednesday to next Tuesday, during which period all flags would be flown at half mast.

After the disaster, 35 workers of China Railway Seventh Group who work in the country were quickly mobilized and dispatched for the rescue, said Wang Bo, a Chinese worker. They brought two excavators to the rescue site.

As the city began to bury its dead, foreign governments began mobilizing aid, with Israel pledging to provide clean water, medicines, blankets and other essentials.

The UN said it was evaluating humanitarian needs in the country and that "contingency plans are being put in place to mitigate any potential outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhea", according to spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

Heavy rains streaming down a hill in Regent triggered a landslide that engulfed homes three or four stories high, many of them built illegally.

Koroma toured Regent's Connaught hospital and central morgue, which has been overwhelmed by bodies.

The government has promised relief to more than 3,000 people left homeless, opening an emergency response center in Regent.

The Red Cross said 600 people were still missing.

Red Cross official Nasir Khan said the death toll was around 300 on Tuesday, but a separate morgue assessment put the figure at 400.

Sulaiman Zaino Parker, a local official, said 150 burials took place on Tuesday and that many would be laid to rest in graves alongside victims of the country's last humanitarian disaster, the Ebola crisis, in nearby Waterloo.

"We have started burying some of the mutilated and decomposed bodies. All the corpses will be given a dignified burial with Muslim and Christian prayers," Parker said.

The graves would be specially marked for future identification, he added.

Afp - Xinhua

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 性做久久久久久 | 成人午夜兔费观看网站 | 99热在线免费 | 国产精品99久久久久久www | 国产成人综合日韩精品无 | 另类女最新视频 | 欧美亚洲国产日韩一区二区三区 | 成人影院人人免费 | 99国产小视频 | 欧美一级毛片特黄大 | 亚洲精品国精品久久99热 | aaa一级 | 成年大片免费视频播放二级 | 特级淫片欧美高清视频蜜桃 | 国产午夜亚洲精品第一区 | 成人国产在线看不卡 | 99久久精品男女性高爱 | 国产盗摄一区二区三区 | 67194成人在线观看 | 一级毛片一级毛片a毛片欧美 | 国产精品一区二区久久精品涩爱 | 免费看一片 | 女人张开腿让男人桶个爽 | 精品在线视频播放 | tube69xxx最新片| 女初高中福利视频在线观看 | 亚洲免费成人 | 亚洲最大情网站在线观看 | 夜色邦合成福利网站 | 欧美一级欧美三级在线观看 | 亚洲加勒比在线 | 老司机免费福利午夜入口ae58 | 亚洲深夜视频 | 福利片成人午夜在线 | 一级毛片不卡 | 中字毛片 | 国产精品久久久一区二区三区 | 自拍视频网 | 草草影院欧美三级日本 | 久久久免费网站 | 亚洲第一男人天堂 |