Thousands of Iran quake survivors living outdoors as death toll rises

Thousands of Iran quake survivors living outdoors as death toll rises
Thousands of survivors of a devastating earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border spent another day in bitterly cold temperatures in need of food, water, and other essential supplies.

Iran’s Kermanshah Province bore the brunt of the quake, with Tehran media saying on November 14 that at least 530 people died and more than 8,000 others were injured in Iran.

In the more sparsely populated areas across the border in Iraq, officials said at least seven people were killed and more than 530 others injured as a result of the quake. Iraq’s Red Crescent put the toll at nine dead.

The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck about 30 kilometers southwest of the city of Halabja in northeastern Iraq late on November 12.

Iranian regime’s television reported that thousands of survivors spent another night in makeshift camps or out in the open as authorities said several towns and nearly 2,000 villages were damaged.

Several villages were said to be completely wiped from the map. The mayor of the city of Ezgeleh said 80 percent of its buildings had collapsed.

About 12,000 residential buildings "totally collapsed," according to an Iran-based Red Crescent official, Mansoureh Bagheri.

Iran has so far declined offers of foreign assistance to deal with the aftermath of the tremor, Reuters reported.

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