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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeanwhile in other news: China 179 Dead, 6,700 injured as Earthquake hits Sichuan province
I expect the death toll to rise...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/china-earthquake-2013_n_3122099.html
Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 179 people dead and more than 6,700 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift shelters.
The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that cut off roads and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county, further south on the same fault line where a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region five years ago.
Hardest hit Saturday were villages further up the valleys, where farmers grow rice, vegetables and corn on terraced plots. Rescuers hiked into neighboring Baoxing county after its roads were cut off, reaching it overnight, state media reported. In Longmen village, authorities said nearly all the buildings had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake.
In the fog-covered town of Shuangli, corn farmer Zheng Xianlan said Sunday that she had rushed from the fields back to her home when the quake struck, and cried when she saw that the roof collapsed. She then spent the night outdoors on a worn sofa using a plastic raincoat for cover.
"We don't earn much money. We don't know what we will do now," said 58-year-old Zheng, her eyes welling with tears. "The government only brought one tent for the whole village so far, but that's not enough for us."
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)Heywood J
(2,515 posts)No tents for people forced to sleep in the ruins of their homes, but...
Priorities.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)I was hoping it wouldn't be so bad.
I realize that because of the terrain it takes a while to reach remote villages.
Has there been a relief effort set up? Many of the people in this area really are very poor.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)but Sunday news is minimal anyway. Except on DU.
This is terrible!
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)I know I saw an article on DU. It is terrible - this is the same general area as the devastating 2008 quake. Over 70K were killed in that one. Many missing, perhaps buried.
This grieves the heart.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)I hope you hear from them soon, but try not to worry too much. Communications are probably out, so not hearing from them is not evidence that something has happened to them.
malaise
(268,949 posts)now over 200