Damaged roads, broken communication lines and landslides, as well as a lack of earth-moving equipment in rural areas is making relief efforts much more difficult.

损毁的道路、中断的通讯、山体滑坡以及农村地区推土设备不足使救援工作更加困难。

The British minister in Washington, Francis James Jackson, returned to London when Madison broke off communications. The American minister in London, William Pinkney, sailed home as well.

当麦迪逊中断通讯时，英国驻华盛顿公使弗朗西斯·詹姆斯·杰克逊返回伦敦。美国驻伦敦公使威廉·平克尼 (William Pinkney) 也乘船回国。