Cold grips China quake survivors by Magdalena Rosova

An earthquake in Chinese Yushu county has killed 617 people and thousands of people were wounded. Convoys of truck are doing everything possible to bring needed supplies and tents for those who have survived. The earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit mountain area in north-western China on Wednesday. It is expected that number of victims will grow. Rescue teams and villagers are trying to rescue thousand of people who stayed trapped under the shambles. A team of 5,000 rescuers, including 700 soldier, are saving the lives in freezing temperatures, ofthen equipped just with their hands. Rescue efforts are focused mainly on the ruined town of Jiegu, which lays 50 km from the q! uake's epicenter and has population of 100,000 people. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao came to the Yushu county on Thursday. Chinese President Hu Jintao is now in Brazil, but he has canceled his scheduled trip to Venezuela and is returning bak home to deal with the quake disaster. About 10,000 of people are injured, about 1,000 of them severely. Those who survived are now facing the icy winds and have no shelter to hide in. Thousands of people were forced to spend the night in the streets. Many people spent night in their cars or set up tents. There is urgent need for medicine an shelters. But to bring the needed supplies and shelters is not easy thing to do. The conditions in the area are very poor. Jiegu has only one small airport with almost no fuel. Therefore rescue plans has to carry extra fuel which means they have less space for aid supplies.

related story (sgx17019): http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia! -pacific /2010/04/20104...

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