One week later, these relief centers were providing daily rations to 5000 people.
Nearly 6,600 refugees remained in the city's 24 relief centers, he said.
Within minutes, volunteers began to appear at a relief center, and soon 200 people came with automobiles to search for more victims.
Edathanattukara is not backward in the case of relief centers.
When no more could be found alive, a policeman directed Pitt to the children's hospital and relief center, where he was discovered by his friends.
While her husband is gone, they live on bags of rice and lentils provided at relief centers.
In the lobby of a building across the street, the Red Cross set up a relief center.
County officials call the office the only relief center in the state outside of Manhattan.
They had computers at one of the relief centers and my 16-year-old daughter was able to get online and find her friends.
In fact, the Minister told me that the number of relief centres has increased from 15 to 26.