BEIJING: The death toll from a strong earthquake in southwest China has risen to 82, state media reported on Thursday, as rain and possible landslides threaten the search for dozens of missing people.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers on Monday, about 43 kilometers (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province. US Geological SurveyForcing thousands to resettle in makeshift camps.
State broadcaster CCTV said 46 people died in Ganji prefecture near the epicenter of the quake, while 36 in neighboring Ya’an city.
CCTV reported that more than 270 were injured, while the number of missing remains at 35.
The National Weather Service said moderate rain would continue in the affected earthquake area on Thursday and Friday, with some localized heavy rain.
“Since the post-earthquake geological conditions are inherently fragile, and the effects of excess rainfall can lead to landslides and landslides, the local region needs to be cautious of secondary disasters,” China’s Meteorological Administration said.
The People’s Liberation Army, paramilitary police and fire services sent more than 10,000 workers to the area, continuing search operations and landslide clean-up efforts in remote rural areas.
Rescue teams dealt with flash floods and landslides caused by the tremors, so villagers could be moved from destroyed homes, often on ropes and stretchers, through mountainous areas.
A rescue team member named Tan told CCTV, “We also passed through the water to get to Xingfu village. There are rocks at the edge of the mountain… the stones you can’t see in the water are for us.” The biggest danger.”
“We quickly used ropes to build a human ladder… When we first started walking, the water reached up to our knees and thighs. By the time we got to a safe place, it suddenly flooded to waist level. had arrived.”
The state-owned People’s Daily newspaper reported that more than 22,000 people have been resettled in 124 temporary sites in Ganji and Ya’an.
The newspaper said more than 21,000 students and staff at a school in Shimian County where Ya’an is located were evacuated within a minute of the quake.
It said around 1,800 schools in the area had reopened as of Wednesday.
The China Youth Daily reported that workers rushed hundreds of kilometers to repair electrical and optical cables, allowing communication to be “basically restored” in the affected areas.
Local authorities have so far received more than 100 million yuan ($1.4 million) in disaster relief donations, the report said.
The quake also shook buildings in the provincial capital Chengdu – where millions are confined to their homes covid-19 lockdown – and in the nearby megacity Chongqing, residents told AFP.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers on Monday, about 43 kilometers (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province. US Geological SurveyForcing thousands to resettle in makeshift camps.
State broadcaster CCTV said 46 people died in Ganji prefecture near the epicenter of the quake, while 36 in neighboring Ya’an city.
CCTV reported that more than 270 were injured, while the number of missing remains at 35.
The National Weather Service said moderate rain would continue in the affected earthquake area on Thursday and Friday, with some localized heavy rain.
“Since the post-earthquake geological conditions are inherently fragile, and the effects of excess rainfall can lead to landslides and landslides, the local region needs to be cautious of secondary disasters,” China’s Meteorological Administration said.
The People’s Liberation Army, paramilitary police and fire services sent more than 10,000 workers to the area, continuing search operations and landslide clean-up efforts in remote rural areas.
Rescue teams dealt with flash floods and landslides caused by the tremors, so villagers could be moved from destroyed homes, often on ropes and stretchers, through mountainous areas.
A rescue team member named Tan told CCTV, “We also passed through the water to get to Xingfu village. There are rocks at the edge of the mountain… the stones you can’t see in the water are for us.” The biggest danger.”
“We quickly used ropes to build a human ladder… When we first started walking, the water reached up to our knees and thighs. By the time we got to a safe place, it suddenly flooded to waist level. had arrived.”
The state-owned People’s Daily newspaper reported that more than 22,000 people have been resettled in 124 temporary sites in Ganji and Ya’an.
The newspaper said more than 21,000 students and staff at a school in Shimian County where Ya’an is located were evacuated within a minute of the quake.
It said around 1,800 schools in the area had reopened as of Wednesday.
The China Youth Daily reported that workers rushed hundreds of kilometers to repair electrical and optical cables, allowing communication to be “basically restored” in the affected areas.
Local authorities have so far received more than 100 million yuan ($1.4 million) in disaster relief donations, the report said.
The quake also shook buildings in the provincial capital Chengdu – where millions are confined to their homes covid-19 lockdown – and in the nearby megacity Chongqing, residents told AFP.