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Thursday, May 28, 1998 Published at 00:32 GMT 01:32 UK


World: Americas

Bolivian quake killed more than 100


The Bolivian government says more than one-hundred people are now known to have died when a powerful earthquake last Friday destroyed two towns in the country's central region.

Rescuers, who've been searching for bodies buried beneath collapsed buildings, expect that number to rise.

Aftershocks have continued to cause damage.

Relief workers are trying to provide food, drinking water and warm clothing for several thousand people left homeless by the quake.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service



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