China quake: Dozens die and hundreds hurt in Sichuan

[manojb]

RIP .. speedy recovery. Impressive rescue effort.

 

[A.Rafay]

Rip to the dead!

 

[cnleio]

4.21 In Ya An city, the Second People's Hospital. The doctors from BeiJing University 3rd Hospital (4.20 fly to SiChuan) and local Ya An doctors together treat wounded ppl

 

[cnleio]

4.21 Army helicopter(Mi-171) sent a group of national earthquake disaster emergency rescue team into Bao Xin county

 

[cnleio]

Aerial photos of earthquake disaster areas:

landslide near Bao Xin county

road into Bao Xin county

In Lu Shan county

In Lu Shan county

Temp tents in Lu Shan county

Temp tents set at the basketball court of local high school

Outside Bao Xin county

In Lu Shan county, the Lu Shan People's Hospital

 

[cnleio]

4.21 Disaster photos in Lu Shan county and Bao Shen town and Longmen village

 

[cnleio]

4.21 Rescure in Bao Shen town

 

[JSCh]

Pictures showing local and rescuers try to pass through a road blocked by fallen rocks due to the landslide in Baosheng Township, Lushan County

 

[huskie]

darn, those Chinese kids in Ya'an sure love studying. in a temporary classroom set up in a tent, one American student and one Canadian student from a nearby university (sorry couldn't remember which one) are teaching them English.

 

[cnleio]

4-22 the 2nd night in Ya An city and Bao Xin county

 

[cnleio]

The LOVE in Earthquake

 

[cnleio]

Army

 

[cnleio]

Released disaster area remote sensing image of Lu Shan county

Released disaster area remote sensing image of Gong Lai city

Released disaster area remote sensing image of the road of Bao Xin county to Gong Lai city

Ya An city

 

[cnleio]

water, food, tent sent into Bao Xin county

 

[huskie]

A rescue team from Russia is rushing to Baoxing County

198 Russian rescuers head to quake-hit areas - Xinhua | English.news.cn

CHENGDU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 198 rescuers from Russia will arrive at an airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province around noon on Monday and rush to the quake-hit Ya'an City, according to the provincial seismological bureau.

The headquarters of the China Earthquake Administration has advised the Russian rescuers to go to the worst-hit Baoxing County.

The latest Xinhua reports said an aftershock-triggered landslide cut off an important road connecting Baoxing with neighboring counties and Dujiangyan City on Sunday night.

Nearly 1,000 Chinese rescuers, including armed police, firefighters and officers from water and power supply departments, are continuing rescue efforts there.

Drizzle and suspended traffic have hampered efforts to deliver relief supplies to the county, which has a population of 60,000 and has been difficult to reach since the quake.

At least 26 locals have been confirmed dead and another 2,500 injured as of Sunday morning.

Airborne remote sensing images showed that more than 60 percent of buildings in the county seat sustained damage. The latest statistics show that the quake destroyed more than 26,400 houses and damaged 214 reservoirs in the county.

Power supplies have not been fully restored in Baoxing, many parts of which were still shrouded in darkness on Sunday night.