European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Cyclone Relief Effort slow As death toll hits 125,000 the amount of destruction wrought is tentatively calculated at about $1.4 billion. An estimated 1 million Homes were wiped out along with schools Bridges Rice Fields herds of cattle and Industrial enterprises. A a. A a John Mohrbacher of the Aid Agency care International said rain and Choppy seas were hampering efforts to reach survivors by boat. One boat Sank off Chittagong killing Otic person and losing see Cyclone on Page 10 Dhaka Bangladesh apr rough weather slowed efforts saturday to get emergency Aid to millions of survivors of last weeks devastating Cyclone who now face new dangers from hunger disease and poisonous snakes. The official death toll Rose above 125,000, according to Bangladesh a official news Agency. Aid officials reported that people were dying from snakebites and cholera. Officials have warned of epidemics in Over crowded Relief Camps where water food and Medicine Are scarce. The Aid officials said they expect the International Community to dig deep into its pockets to help the survivors Many marooned without shelter along Bangladesh a Southeastern coast. The officials also Hope the catastrophe would finally Jolt both Bangladesh and donors into action on comprehensive measures to Avert such disasters in the future. Such plans have languished for two decades while tens of thousands perished in the tropical storms and floods that periodically ravage the country four Days after tuesdays Cyclone Relief officials said hundreds of bodies were still washing up on Shore. A a your men arc finding new bodies All the time but in a situation like this it is becoming very difficult to give an exact body count a said Emdadl Hossain the director of the red Crescent the Muslim equivalent of the red Cross. Homecomings bittersweet for single troops by Ron Mckinney staff writer the Oft played scenes of service Meibers returning from saudi Arabia to the tearful embrace of a wife or husband have served As an emotional Climax to operation desert storm. But for some single service members returning to Europe the sight has been As much heartrending As it is heartwarming. It is after All a poignant reminder that they Are without family in a foreign country. A i thought it was really depressing to see the see related Story in sunday Magazine husbands and wives reunited said spec. Lisa Barnett a Cook with he co 12th aviation brigade at Wiesbaden a Germany. A you feel really empty like a what do i have to go Home to a not a damned thing you know a a Barnett who returned in March after six months in saudi Arabia said that the friends who turned out to Greet her made a big differ ence in what could have been a miserable expert see singles on Page 10 some troop homecomings featured those who returned to Loving arms and others who did no to. A amps Jim Derheim May prompt quarantine at kurdish Camp Diyarbakir Turkey a one of the main kurdish refugee Camps May have to be quarantined because of an outbreak of cholera Aid officials said saturday a a move Likely to delay the return of refugees to the Allied protected zone in Iraq. Allied officials had been working to repatriate the iraqi kurd As quickly As possible. Turkeys health minister however questioned whether there had been an outbreak at All. Also saturday a kurdish official in Tehran said that kurdish leaders will meet iraqi government officials in Bagh dad on monday to work out details of an agreement that could end their rebellion against Saddam Hussein a Rule. In another development a land mine exploded and wounded three . Soldiers in Northern Iraq a . Military officer said. One Soldier lost his leg and right foot and suffered a severe Eye injury. On Friday a Marine was killed near an Allied built refugee Camp in Northern Iraq and another was wounded when a machine gun went off accidentally during a training exercise. The fatality was the first among Allied forces involved in the Relief operation said capt. Marcella Adams a . Spokeswoman at in Ciurlik a. They were not identified. In Southern raq meanwhile the transport of thousands of iraqis out of a . Army Camp in the Border town of Safwan continued paving the Way for the withdrawal of . Troops in the area. The . Army had cared for about 11,000 refugees in Safwan since Early March. They Are being blown to saudi Arabia which has agreed to care for them. Two plan loads of Spanish paratroopers arrived in Turkey on saturday As the multinational Force aiding the refugees expanded further officials said. Two . Air Force c-5 planes carrying 126 Spanish paratroopers landed at the joint turkish-. Base at in Ciurlik on sunday said Adams. Under a Spanish request the two american planes will make 12 trips to carry men and supplies from the Spanish paratrooper unit agr Pacion Alcala. The spaniards will join ., British French Canadian and dutch troops working in Northern Iraq where the coalition is creating a Safe havens and providing Aid for some of the hundreds of thousands of iraqi kurd who fled to the see cholera on Page 10
