Monday, April 22, 2013

Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

A man recovers his wedding photo from the wreckage of his house after Saturday's earthquake in Longmen township of Lushan countyBy 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 208 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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