According to the civil protection, the region had been undergoing severe drought.

据民防部门称，该地区过去一直遭受着严重的干旱。

Police and civil protection officers were seen distributing masks at major public transport stations.

警察和民防官员在主要的公共交通站分发口罩。

The director general of Niger's civil protection Colonel Boubacar Bako says the accident happened overnight near the airport.

民防局长阿布巴卡尔·巴科上校表示，当晚，该事故发生在机场附近。

More than 5000 people are under evacuation, according to the civil protection, the region had been undergoing severe drought.

超过5000人正在撤离，据民防部门说，这个地区一直在经历严重的干旱。

The country's civil protection agency tweeted that most of the victims were killed in the south of the country.

该国民防机构在推特上表示，大多数受害者在该国南部遇难。

New threat for cops -- civil protection agencies, what are they?

警察面临的新威胁——民防机构，它们是什么？

The civil protection agency said 13,694 houses were damaged, suggesting the number of people killed or injured could rise in the coming days.

民防局表示，13694所房屋遭到破坏，这表明未来几天伤亡人数可能会上升。

Haiti's civil protection service says around 1,300 people are now known to have lost their lives in Saturday's powerful earthquake which struck the southwest of the country.

海地民防部门表示，目前已知约有1300人在上周六袭击该国西南部的强烈地震中丧生。

" New bodies have been found in the south," according to the country's civil protection service, adding that 344 people remain missing and more than 12,000 have been listed as injured.

该国民防部门表示，" 在南部发现了新的尸体" ，并补充说，仍有344人失踪，超过1。2万人受伤。