Thousands Under the Rubble Mountains ; Rescuers Race to Reach Victims Stranded at the Epicentre of China Quake
Evening Standard - London › May 13, 2008
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RESCUE workers in China were today desperately searching for tens of thousands of people trapped by the worst earthquake in 30 years.
The death toll rose to 11,921, said Wang Zhenyao, disaster relief director at the ministry of civil affairs, as rescue teams fought to reach the epicentre of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake where at least 4,800 people remained buried in Mianzhu, 60 miles away.See the full content of this document
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Thousands Under the Rubble Mountains ; Rescuers Race to Reach Victims Stranded at the Epicentre of China Quake
Most townships at the centre of the disaster in Sichuan province are cut off after the earthquake triggered massive landslides, reduced buildings to rubble and killed people in at least eight other areas of China.
More than 18,000 people are buried under the ru...See the full content of this document
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