THE full horror of the devastating earthquake in China began to emerge yesterday as rescuers discovered whole towns all but wiped off the map,

Rescuers finally reached some the worst hit regions of China today as it became clear that more than 50000 people were dead or missing after a devastating

Wang Jiaowen/ColorChina Photo for AP Rescuers removed an injured person from a collapsed building on Tuesday in southwestern China.

MIANYANG, China (AP) — Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a

Chinese residents sleep out on the streets for fear of aftershocks in Sichuan's capital, Chengdu. [Reuters] Rescue workers who made it to Wenchuan County,

More than 800 armed police had arrived Wednesday at Wenchuan, the epicenter of the massive earthquake struck Southwest China, and started rescue operation,

Video Raw footage shot by a student at Sichuan University,160km from the quake epicentre. Video Hundreds of children in quake struck Dujiangyan are buried

DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) — The death toll from China's worst earthquake in a generation rose early Wednesday as more details emerged of the scale of

Rescue workers raced to find survivors of the worst earthquake to strike China for 32 years as schools, factories and a hospital were reduced to rubble

Tragedy … residents mourn the death of a student whose body was retrieved from a school that was brought down by the earthquake. Photo: AP Photos: Herald

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a rescuer tries to help a stranded student out of the debris at Wudu Primary School at Hanwang town in

DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) — Bodies covered with sheets lined the streets Tuesday as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's

By Michael Bristow One man told the BBC that his uncle was trapped, injured in the ruins of his apartment block. He can call his uncle on his mobile phone,

A man searches through the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday. (Chen Xie/Xinhua/Associated Press)

Rescuers sifted through rubble Tuesday in a frantic search for survivors in China a day after a powerful earthquake flattened schools, hospitals and

The first rescuers are reported to have reached the epicentre of yesterday's earthquake in China in which at least 10000 people were killed.