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Earthquake in China

                   

16 dead from heavy rains in southwest China

usatoday.com
Sep 26, 2008 9 related
        

BEIJING (AP) — Flash floods and landslides unleashed by heavy rains have killed 16 people in one of the areas hit hardest by the massive May earthquake in China's Sichuan province, the local government said Friday. About...

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Chinese Vice Premier vows to improve disaster response, relief

people.com.cn
Sep 26, 2008 1 related
        

The government pledged on Friday to improve its emergency response and disaster relief abilities, as new floods and typhoons affected people in south China, including many who survived the May 12 earthquake. "Improving...

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time.com: Earthquake survivors try to salvage what they can from their destroyed houses in the Ronghua Township of Shifang, China. time.com

How to Survive A Disaster

time.com
Sep 26, 2008
        

When a plane crashes or the earth shakes, we tend to view the survivors as the lucky ones. The recent earthquake in China and the cyclone in Burma, not to mention the battery of tornadoes and wildfires ripping through the...

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Storms leave at least 14 dead in China's quake zone

xinhuanet.com
Sep 25, 2008
        

CHENGDU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed in the quake-battered Sichuan province where torrential rains triggered disasters, confirmed local government on Thursday. The victims were from Mianyang city,...

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itn.co.uk: A man pushes his tricycle down a flooded street in Mianyang, China itn.co.uk

Rain cuts off 20,000 China quake victims, eight die

reuters.com
Sep 25, 2008 22 related
        

BEIJING (Reuters) - Torrential rain isolated more than 20,000 people in an area of southwest China still recovering from a devastating earthquake in May, state media said on Thursday, with eight people dead and dozens...

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Earthquake Jolts Southern Tibet, No Casualties

phayul.com
Sep 25, 2008 6 related
        

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on Richter Scale hit southwestern Tibet Thursday near the Nepal-Tibet border. The earthquake struck at 9:47 a.m. (0147 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate...

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Storms leave 20,000 people cut off in China's quake zone

people.com.cn
Sep 25, 2008
        

Torrential rains have cut all contacts with more than 20,000 people in five towns in the area of southwest China's Sichuan Province still recovering from the May 12 earthquake. A Jiangyou municipal government official...

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Death toll from China's May earthquake remains unchanged at 69,227

people.com.cn
Sep 25, 2008
        

The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province and its neighboring region remained unchanged as 69,227 as of Thursday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement. The numbers of people...

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看新闻，学英语(109)地牛再震四川

epochtimes.com
Sep 25, 2008
        

Another Fatal Quake Hits Sichuan 地牛再震四川 1. dozens of：n. 数十个 2. province：n. 省份 3. suffer：v. 遭受 4. tremor：n. 地震 5. mountainous：...

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Only one China quake orphan finds new home

telegraph.co.uk
Sep 24, 2008
        

Tens of thousands of couples who applied to adopt children orphaned by the Chinese earthquake have been left disappointed after far fewer were left without families than expected. By Richard Spencer in Mianzhu Just one...

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