Sobe para 43 o número de mortos devido o Terremoto e Tsunami na Ilha Salomão.

Fonte: Ilhas Salomon Stars
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Titiana village after the earthquake and Tsunami.

Sixty missing, 43 confirmed death

Submitted by Moffat Mamu on 10 April, 2007 - 2:33pm. Headlines | Nation

By CHARLES KADAMANA

SIXTY people are still reported missing and 43 have been confirmed dead in Western and Choiseul provinces following the earthquake and tsunami in these provinces on Monday last week.
Western Province disaster committee has confirmed these figures yesterday.
However, the committee said these figures will vary in the coming days as many devastating areas are still to be cleared from debris and damaged buildings.
Western Province premier Alex Lokopio said of the 43 dead a majority came from Simbo while others from Titiana, Rannogah, Vella La Vella, Gizo, Munda and Sasamunga.
“We don’t know how long we will report the numbers of the dead and missing but more areas are yet to be covered by the national disaster office assessment,” Mr Lokopio said.
Today the premier will be leading a delegation to Simbo, Ranoggah, Vella and Shortland to get the actual report of the missing persons and the dead.
Thousands of people in Choiseul and Western provinces are now homeless following the quake and tsunami on Monday last week, which washed away villages and towns.
Many of these victims are now camping on higher grounds still too afraid to return to lower grounds.
But the National Disaster Council in Honiara had maintained that the number of deaths as the result of Monday’s earthquake and tsunami stands at 39.
It said the previous number of deaths reported for Simbo of 12 has been confirmed to only 9.
Reports coming in from the areas affected by the disaster revealed that a number of missing people have yet to be accounted for.
Of the death toll, Gizo Island’s fatalities reached 20.
The actual number will not be known until after ground teams put their assessment reports together.
These figures were supplied to the National Disaster Management Office through two-way radios.
Mr Lokopio, meanwhile, acknowledged the many assistance rendered by the government, churches, business houses, aid donors and individuals to the affected provinces at this time of hardship.
He estimated that his people would continue to need food supplies for the next three to six months as victims slowly rebuild their lives.
But he said at this point people are not yet prepared to return to their respective areas as they are still traumatised by the events on Monday.