One senior Red Cross official described the situation as “nightmarish”. Amongst the rubble bodies decompose in the sweltering heat, there are widespread shortages of food and water while armed looters now roam what is left of the streets. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16959010.david-pratt-president-in-firing-line-for-failures-as-quake-death-toll-hits-1400/