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Breakdown of casualties in China quake
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008The following is a detailed list of locations in China where tens of thousands have been reported killed, missing or trapped under rubble since Monday's devastating earthquake in the southwest: ICHUAN PROVINCE -- Nearly 9,000 people have been confirmed dead, but China's official media have reported many more buried or missing. It is also not clear what figures from the following areas in Si ... more Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of crushed communities Tuesday, plunging the nation into an all-out aid effort. Troops and rescue teams struggled by air, land and water to reach areas of southwestern China stricken by the huge quake that demolished schools, homes and factories. Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake in Sic ... more Strong China quake aftershock sends workers fleeing 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008A strong aftershock on Tuesday rocked the southwest Chinese province struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake, sparking fear among office workers who ran onto the street, state media said. The tremor, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, shook Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, at around 3:10 pm (0710 GMT), the Xinhua news agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the a ... more Soldiers trek in as army leads China's quake rescue race 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008Chinese soldiers and relief workers trudged through rugged terrain and driving rain on Tuesday in a frantic race to reach devastated communities cut off by a powerful earthquake. China's massive army is spearheading the desperate relief effort following Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake in the country's southwest, with more than 50,000 People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops sent into the disa ... more Bodies line the streets as quake town's agony laid bare
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008The bodies, some with stiff forearms in front of their faces reflecting the desperate final struggle at the moment of death, were unceremoniously lined up on the road and covered with plastic. Under a downpour that seemed to never end - "the heaven is crying" one resident mused - members of the paramilitary People's Armed Police sifted through the rubble of a nearby office building, draggi ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Transport and communication networks around China were thrown into chaos Monday after a powerful earthquake struck the country's southwest, killing more than 8,700 people, witnesses and media said. The 7.8-magnitude quake jolted Wenchuan, a mountainous region in Sichuan province, just before 2.30pm (0630 GMT) on Monday. The death toll in Sichuan alone came to 8,533 people, according to s ... more 'Thousands' dead or buried in China factory town: Xinhua 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 13, 2008"Several thousand" people were killed or buried in a southwestern China town where a major factory collapsed after a powerful earthquake, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The report, which gave few other specifics on the casualty numbers, said the disaster occurred when a steam turbine factory collapsed Monday in the town of Hanwang in Mianzhu city. "The earthquake has kille ... more Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008China was reeling Tuesday from its worst earthquake in three decades which left tens of thousands of people dead, missing or trapped under crushed houses, schools and factories. Rescuers were struggling to reach towns and villages devastated by Monday's huge 7.8 magnitude quake in southwestern Sichuan province, which is still being pummeled by wave after wave of terrifying aftershocks. ... more Japan says China quake to cause economic damage 
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2008A Japanese minister on Tuesday expected an economic blow from China's major earthquake, which shut operations of Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese companies. "It is unavoidable for the earthquake to have an impact on the Chinese economy," said Hiroko Ota, minister for state for economic and fiscal policy. "It is fully possible that this will affect local operations by Japanese firms, ... more 1,000 dead or missing in China quake school collapse: Xinhua 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008At least 1,000 students and teachers were killed or buried in the collapse of another school in quake-hit southwestern China, state media reported on Tuesday. "So far, the number of dead or missing is estimated at more than 1,000" at the school, Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch from Beichuan county, where reports earlier had said up to 5,000 people in the area may have been killed by Mo ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008More than 8,600 people died in the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern China on Monday, according to state media reports. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely populated areas in Sichuan province, including the capital Chengdu, shortly before 2:30 pm (0630 GMT). Xinhua news agency said 8,533 people had died in Sichuan on Monday, citing the local government. ... more Desperate hunt for survivors at China school 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Students fought to escape from rubble and frantic rescuers dug out others buried in a school that collapsed following a Chinese earthquake that left thousands dead, state press reported Monday. At least 50 people were confirmed killed and hundreds of others were buried alive in the collapse at the Juyuan Middle School in Sichuan province after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Chin ... more China quake terror: 'I ran so fast' 
Shanghai (AFP) May 12, 2008When his office building started to shake, Richard Morgan-Sanjurjo had only one thought in his head: get out. As the powerful 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, he and others in the tower block raced for the stairs. "I heard the vents ruffling and then started to feel the building shake and a couple of bits of the ceiling fell," he told AFP by telephone. ... more Powerful quake kills thousands in southwest China 
Chongqing, China (AFP) May 13, 2008A huge earthquake rocked southwest China on Monday, killing nearly 8,700 people and flattening schools, homes and factories in a powerful tremor felt across a swathe of southeast Asia. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely populated areas of Sichuan province in what Premier Wen Jiabao called a "major disaster." China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported 8,533 con ... more China did not detect deadly quake: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Chinese authorities did not detect any warning signs ahead of Monday's earthquake that killed more than 8,600 people, state media reported. "Monitoring before the earthquake did not detect any macroscopic abnormalities, and did not catch any relevant information," said Deng Changwen, deputy head of Sichuan province's earthquake department. But Deng, quoted by the Chengdu Business Newspap ... more
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