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The days to come look disastrous with undeniable consequences in terms of health, food security, access to drinking water, lack of electricity, lack of health centres able to receive the victims of this natural disaster.<br>Emotions are strong, fear is growing \ud83d\ude14\ud83e\udd72 I feel totally powerless to live this drama from Switzerland. 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