31. Women, all of them veiled and many with their faces covered, hurry by with enormous brass water jugs balanced on their heads. 32. Others quietly leave water jugs out in their yards. 33. A measure of progress in Africa can be as simple as a man trundling along a dusty road with a water jug on his head. 34. Bulldozers rumbled everywhere, and hundreds of water trucks rumbled over hillsides as people carted water jugs away on shoulders. 35. Discarded shoes and shirts and empty plastic water jugs lay around them. 36. Front yards and hallways throughout the Klang Valley were stacked with large water jugs. 37. Inside the cavernous bunker, wooden boxes of ammunition were stacked alongside medical supplies, water jugs, stretchers, helmets and flak jackets. 38. Residents swam to their houses to try to retrieve some belongings, using empty water jugs to keep afloat. 39. Residents swam to their houses to try to retrieve their belongings, some using empty water jugs tied to their arms to help them float. 40. Residents swam out to their houses to try to retrieve their belongings, some using empty water jugs tied to their arms to help them float. |
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