Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

A view of a collapsed building after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan provinceBy Michael Martina and Maxim Duncan LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. ...


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