Quake disaster victims face fight for survival
Three months after South Asia’s monster earthquake, hundreds of thousands of survivors chilled by the first blast of the Himalayan winter face a fight for survival until spring, huddled in unheated tents and tin shacks erected by the ruins of their homes.
Health workers expect fatalities from cold-related diseases like pneumonia - anecdotal reports suggest dozens of children have already died – but Pakistani officials say enough shelter and supplies are in place to prevent a ”second wave” of deaths on top of the 87,000 killed by the