Strong aftershock rattles China quake survivors
May 24, 2008
Jamaica Gleaner - May 18, 2008
Residents stand in a street after an aftershock from the recent earthquake in Chengdu China's Sichuan province, China, Sunday (yesterday Jamaica time). - AP
BEICHUAN, China (AP):
eman said as he hurried by, not giving his name.
Times of India - May 18, 2008
BEICHUAN, China: A powerful aftershock rattled China's southwest early Sunday, hampering frantic efforts to find earthquake survivors and help nearly five million people facing the risk of disease and flood.
The 6.0-magnitude tremor shook some of the worst-affected parts in Sichuan province six days after China's worst natural disaster in a generation left an estimated 50,000 people dead.
ts' warnings that survival chances greatly diminish three days after an earthquake.
Bloomberg - May 18, 2008
By Eugene Tang and William Bi May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Two US military transport planes flew food, blankets and electrical generators into Sichuan province in
Reuters - May 18, 2008
By John Ruwitch MIANYANG, China, May 18 (Reuters) - Yang Jianbo and Chen Xiaolin scour printouts taped on a wall at a sports arena listing thousands of earthquake survivors who have been accounted for, then turn and walk slowly away.
The name of their cousin, Yang Gan, is not there.
ena in the city of Mianyang, about an hour outside of hard hit Beichuan county, a police officer estimated, and more were coming out of the hills and destroyed towns.
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