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China Earthquake Death Toll: Hundreds Killed in Qinghai
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by Jordan Yerman | April 14, 2010 at 06:38 am
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Qinghai, China Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 400
In the aftermath of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Qinghai, China, around 400 people have been confirmed killed. Over 10,000 people have been reported injured so far, and most of the homes in the town of Jeigu have been destroyed. (Qinghai, China map)
Thousands of rescue workers are arriving in the remote region, and the death toll is expected to climb. However, soldiers and rescue workers don't have any machinery, and must try to dig out trapped victims by hand, including students trapped in a collapsed school.
Medical Emergency after China Quake
Homeless, injured people now face freezing overnight temperatures and a lack of medical supplies to treat everyone. Japan offered to send emergency aid, but the offer was refused by the Chinese government.
"The injured are everywhere in the street, a lot of people are bleeding from head wounds," reported a government official from the town of Jiegu, in the south-western province of Qinghai, which borders Tibet, more than 1,500 miles west of Beijing.
Survivors are struggling to stay warm in the mountainous region of about 4,000m (13,000 feet) elevation where temperatures drop below 0C (32F) overnight.
Power and water have been cut off, and the road to the local airport is reported to have been blocked by landslides.
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at 09:55 on April 14th, 2010
here we go again, another natural disaster in china F-ed up.. and another school falling down on the students.. What do you want to bet that the school was not built to suitable/applicable standards?