Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have left 16 people dead and, and there are fears for the safety of 48 others missing in an area in southwest China still recovering from the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12, Xinhua quoted (...)
A magnitude 5.3 aftershock struck
China's quake-battered Sichuan province on Thursday amid
concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by
landslides from the massive May 12 temblor, according to AP.
There were no immediate reports of new (...)
Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more
than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a
lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to
breach its dam.
Hundreds of Chinese troops (...)
Up to 1.3 million people in west China's Sichuan Province have been ordered to evacuate to higher grounds for fear of a major "quake lake" burst as a result of flooding and strong aftershocks, Xinhua reported.
Tan Li, Party Secretary of Mianyang (...)
Rescue authorities said Tuesday 3,629 people had been confirmed dead and 18,645 were still under the debris in Mianyang City, which neighbors Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake, Xinhua reported.
The quake also caused (...)
