A rain soaked catastrophe for desperate quake victims

Torrential downpours today threatened to cause crucial delays in quake relief efforts in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, where only a fraction of the tents needed for an estimated 2.3 million people left homeless have been provided as winter nears.

In the town of Bagh, one of the areas worst hit by October 8’s massive 7.6-magnitude quake, heavy rains began falling overnight. Relief workers have not been able to provide enough temporary shelter for town residents, let alone the refugees that have streamed in from the mountains seeking aid.