Skip to content As the sun rose on the first full day following the disaster, the true scale of the tragedy began to emerge from the dust. In villages that once hummed with the activity of the morning markets, there is now only the sound of sirens and the rhythmic digging of neighbors trying to reach those still missing. The psychological impact on the survivors is profound; many refuse to return to any standing structures, fearing that the next aftershock will finish what the primary quake began.
