Rescue teams search for China quake survivors, Premier visits quake epicenter
- 10 years ago
Rescue teams are hoping to find more survivors in the ruins left by Sunday's magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southwest China.
So far, the death hovers at around 400, with as many as 1800 people injured.
Doctors say this woman has extensive internal bleeding. But she's one of many, and rescuers are struggling to reach the injured.
The quake destroyed thousands of buildings and damaged roads so extensively that visitors, like China's Premier Li Keqiang, had no choice but to walk to the epicentre.
He met with rescue teams and locals at a temporary shelter.
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing but will will likely be complicated by heavy rain, forcing the teams to work around the clock in the search for survivors.
So far, the death hovers at around 400, with as many as 1800 people injured.
Doctors say this woman has extensive internal bleeding. But she's one of many, and rescuers are struggling to reach the injured.
The quake destroyed thousands of buildings and damaged roads so extensively that visitors, like China's Premier Li Keqiang, had no choice but to walk to the epicentre.
He met with rescue teams and locals at a temporary shelter.
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing but will will likely be complicated by heavy rain, forcing the teams to work around the clock in the search for survivors.