Survivors emerge as China quake rescue intensifies

Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people. Rescue workers returned to Beichuan county, ...

Residents and rescue workers evacuate from the centre of Beichuan county, China. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters The official death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in three decades rose to almost 29,000 today, as relief efforts at the epicentre ...

China — A German tourist was rescued Saturday nearly five days after being buried by a powerful earthquake that ravaged China’s Sichuan province, state media reported. The news comes as authorities prepare for the daunting task of housing and ...

H ousing and Urban and Rural Construction Minister, Jiang Weixin said that the construction quality of the collapsed school buildings will be investigated once rescue work is completed in the quake-hit areas, and added: "If quality problems do exist ...

T he Qianjiang River was blocked at many places by landslides caused by Monday's earthquake. The water level in the Laoyingyan section of the river has reached the danger level mark, officials in Beichuan County said. "It hasn't burst yet, but we ...

T he Fate of 46 people remains undecided because water level of a lake is also rising rapidly and the bank of the lake may burst any time, soldiers have warned. Aftershocks frequently occurred in Chaping area of Beichuan County. Currently, local ...

Despite the large-scale devastation from last week's China earthquake, disease epidemics have so far been prevented, government officials said Saturday. Officials of China's Ministry of Health told the state-run Xinhua news agency that the country ...

Russia has ordered its rescue workers to cease looking for survivors from the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan Province, an emergency official says. The unidentified head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry team currently in China said the ...

The US Geological Survey reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks during the week. China has put the known death toll at over 29,000 but has said it expects it to exceed 50,000 It was nearly 50 miles ...

Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre on Saturday, fearful of potential flooding from a lake where water levels were reported to be rising dangerously. The lake in Beichuan county "may burst its bank at any time," the ...