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ESA highlights contributions of space imagery to disaster relief

28 June 2002

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Hanife Nur, a 10-year old earthquake survivor, does her homework in Beyciler tent city in the western Turkish city of Duzce in February 2001. Tens of thousands of Turks are still living in precarious conditions 18 months after two massive temblors struck Turkey. Turkey's quake survivors warn that although the first days after an earthquake are petrifying, the months and years living in poorly built temporary housing, with no work and little hope can be just as hard, if not worse. Photo: AP Photo/Murad Sezer

Credits: AP Photo/Murad Sezer

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ESA's Stephen Briggs (l) discusses the finer points of Galileo with US Ambassador to Italy Mel Sembler at the Global Disaster Information Network, in Rome, Italy, June 2002

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A the June 2002 Global Disaster Information Network conference held in Rome, Italy, an interesting contrast between old and new disaster-management vehicles was clearly apparent. On the left is a vintage Roman fire truck. On the right is a satellite tele-medicine unit from Telbios, Milan, Italy.