Death toll in Chile earthquake passes 700

This article is about the devastating earthquake in Chile, with a magnitude of 8.8. This is one of the hardest hit regions and it is an unthinkable catastrophe. just as we are trying to aid relief in Haiti, now another part of the world is in tragedy. They have accepted a lot of offers for international relief aid and they have finally reopened some airports for private plains.

This article is of global importance because for one it is a frantic search to find love ones, but it also seems that the world as a whole has just been suffering one natural disaster after another, and the united states as a world power seems to be stretching itself thin helping one country after another.