JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: Aftershocks are complicating the frantic search for earthquake survivors in Central America. The quake hit Saturday, and since then more than 500 aftershocks have been recorded. The worst-hit area is El Salvador, where more than 400 deaths have been concerned. Authorities fear that number could rise dramatically. For the latest, we go to CNN's Susan Candiotti, in San Salvador. She joins us on the telephone. Susan, fill us in.</s>SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Jeanne. More and more bodies are being pulled from under mud and debris as search and rescue teams, as well as the families of those unaccounted for, continue to cling to hope that more survivors will be found. Heavy equipment -- cranes and bulldozers -- working in one of the hardest-hit areas, Las Colinas, a suburb of San Salvador, the nation's capital. Authorities also tried to evacuate some families who remain behind, the key fear more mudslides -- the ground very unstable, and as you indicated, aftershocks do continue, two occurring within the last 12 hours, for several seconds causing tall building to sway. Now shelters are caring for thousands of those left homeless. There is international help coming in, primarily equipment and rescue teams providing the most help, the government asking for monetary contributions instead of food, clothing and medical supplies from private donors, because of problems with distribution. The dead already being buried, some in private ceremonies, others in mass graves, because some victims were not able to be identified before health authorities had to continue with the burials -- Jeanne.</s>MESERVE: Susan, how hopeful are they at this point of recovering more survivors?</s>CANDIOTTI: Well, to put it succinctly, according to the president's chief of staff, the last thing they want to lose is hope. They are continuing to hope to find more survivors, but naturally, as time goes on, that hope is fading.</s>MESERVE: Susan Candiotti, in San Salvador, thank you.
Amid Aftershocks, Search for Central American Earthquake Survivors Continues