CDM News - May 2008 - (Page 4) that would claim more than 85,000 lives, level 272,000 buildings—including 585 health care facilities and 15,000 educational buildings—and leave 3.5 million people homeless. Other lifelines, such as water supplies, power lines, and bridges, were also disrupted. The mountainous region, with a landscape both beautiful and harsh, includes parts of Pakistan’s NorthWest Frontier Province and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and represents a rich mosaic of cultures, languages, religions, and ethnicities. On October 8, 2005, northwest Pakistan was shaken by a 7.6magnitude earthquake Rebuilding Vital Facilities in Pakistan Photo by Jane Thomas
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