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14. After reading that article, it appears obvious the dead are in the hundreds, if not over 1,000.

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 03:59 AM

Oct 2017

All of the morgues at the operating hospitals are full. They have not even been able to communicate with 51 hospitals.

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There are many dead. But how many are missing or swept out to sea? democratisphere Oct 2017 #1

Many are missing. Their families have no way of contacting them. nt pnwmom Oct 2017 #2

What is hysterical about the OP or about the article? n/t pnwmom Oct 2017 #6

Did you read the article? SunSeeker Oct 2017 #15

by the time all is said and done lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #4

OMG, The morgues in shuttered hospitals.... hedda_foil Oct 2017 #5

this needs to get out more gopiscrap Oct 2017 #7

Awful Not Ruth Oct 2017 #8

Health checks keep people alive Not Ruth Oct 2017 #10

Health checks could help. Igel Oct 2017 #23

Probably not, in the case of a disaster this widespread. MineralMan Oct 2017 #20

KnR Hekate Oct 2017 #11

K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Oct 2017 #12

Yep. nt SunSeeker Oct 2017 #18

35,000 people die in PR every year no matter what. former9thward Oct 2017 #21

Duh! malaise Oct 2017 #22