<div class='node-body'><p>Hospitals were <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/us-iran-earthquake-idUSBRE87A08N20120812" target="_blank">flooded with earthquake victims</a> on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two earthquakes killed at least 250 across northern Iran on Saturday. Clean up efforts proved difficult while thousands of people gathered in makeshift camps or slept in the streets in cold weather for fear of more aftershocks, 40 of which had already hit.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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