News Source: Asian Age
| about 1 year ago
Huili county, the worst hit in Sichuan, registered five more deaths on Monday, pushing the death toll from 20 to 32 in the region, Xinhua news agency reported. In the Yunnan province one more body was found, taking the dead count to six. While latest...
News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province and its neighboring region remains unchanged at 69,226 as of Monday noon, according to a statement released by the State Council Information Office. The number of people listed as missing...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 year ago
Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 36 people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands of homes in ruins...Geological Survey measured at magnitude 5.7, struck...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
The 6.1 magnitude shock happened close to Panzhihua town in Sichuan province, near the border with Yunnan and along the same fault line as a May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000...Their efforts were hampered by heavy rain. "We need temporary...
News Source: The Mercury
| about 1 year ago
The weekend quake, in a mountainous region spanning the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, destroyed or damaged an estimated 258,000 homes and injured nearly 650 people, and aftershocks continued to be felt. The China News Services said the military were...
News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
The death toll in Saturday's 6.1-magnitude quake in Sichuan and Yunnan has risen to 38, according to local authorities. Huili County, the worst-hit region in Sichuan, registered five more deaths as of 8 a.m...A total of 321 people were injured in the...