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Albania Calls for International Help to Recover from Quake

Albania Calls for International Help to Recover from Quake

Sunday, 01 December 2019 05:38 AM EST

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister is calling on the international community for financial aid and expert assistance to help the country recover from a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that killed 51 persons and left thousands homeless.

Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday the government was reshaping the budget, but that it would be “humanly impossible” to do everything without international partners’ support.

Tuesday’s quake that hit Albania’s Adriatic coast also injured more than 3,000 people and left thousands homeless. The worst hit areas were the port town of Durres, a popular beach vacation spot for Albanians 33 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Tirana, and the nearby northern town of Thumane.

Civil engineers from European Union countries and the United States have started to assess the quake effects together with local ones.

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