Paramilitary
policemen carry boxes of supplies past a section of road blocked by a
landslide after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern
China’s Sichuan province, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Stranded tourists and
residents struggled Wednesday to clear roads and cope with power cuts
caused by a powerful earthquake that killed several people and injured
hundreds more. (Chinatopix via AP) (Associated Press)
BEIJING
— Chinese monitors say they’ve detected multiple landslides but no
major building collapses following a powerful earthquake in the
country’s mountainous southwest that killed at least 20 people and
injured 431.
The Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth under the Chinese Academy of Sciences drew the conclusion from satellite imagery collected after the magnitude 6.5 quake struck Tuesday night, the official Xinhua News Agency and state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday.
Authorities raised the death toll by one to 20 and injured by around 200 on Thursday. Six tourists and two local residents were known to be among the dead, and 18 people had serious injuries, local authorities said.
More than 60,000 people have been evacuated from the area amid continuing aftershocks, state media said.
A Canadian woman suffered a slight head injury and a French citizen was wounded in both legs and needed surgery to remove stone fragments, according to Xinhua.
Most of the deaths and injuries were recorded in Zhangzha township, near Jiuzhaigou national park in Sichuan province that is listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
The quake knocked out electricity and sent boulders tumbling down steep mountainsides onto blocked roads, while Xinhua said its photographers on the scene reported extensive damage to scenic sites which include lakes, spectacular waterfalls and karst formations.
SOURCE:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-reports-no-major-collapses-following-powerful-quake/2017/08/09/877536e4-7d7c-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html?utm_term=.cf91414cef7d
The Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth under the Chinese Academy of Sciences drew the conclusion from satellite imagery collected after the magnitude 6.5 quake struck Tuesday night, the official Xinhua News Agency and state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday.
Authorities raised the death toll by one to 20 and injured by around 200 on Thursday. Six tourists and two local residents were known to be among the dead, and 18 people had serious injuries, local authorities said.
More than 60,000 people have been evacuated from the area amid continuing aftershocks, state media said.
A Canadian woman suffered a slight head injury and a French citizen was wounded in both legs and needed surgery to remove stone fragments, according to Xinhua.
Most of the deaths and injuries were recorded in Zhangzha township, near Jiuzhaigou national park in Sichuan province that is listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
The quake knocked out electricity and sent boulders tumbling down steep mountainsides onto blocked roads, while Xinhua said its photographers on the scene reported extensive damage to scenic sites which include lakes, spectacular waterfalls and karst formations.
SOURCE:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-reports-no-major-collapses-following-powerful-quake/2017/08/09/877536e4-7d7c-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html?utm_term=.cf91414cef7d
No comments :
Post a Comment