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China quake: Another against-odds rescue
A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 41,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal.
China quake focus shifting from rescue to relief
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.
China quake focus shifting from rescue to relief (Reuters)
Reuters - Heavy rain over southwest China
on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise
the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas,
where tents have become the most-wanted item.
Heavy rain likely to hamper China quake rescue
CHENGDU (Reuters) - Heavy rain is likely to interrupt relief efforts and threaten dams in mountainous southwest China where tents have been named the most-wanted item following last week's devastating earthquake.
Heavy rain likely to hamper China quake rescue (Reuters)
Reuters - Heavy rain is likely to interrupt
relief efforts and threaten dams in mountainous southwest China
where tents have been named the most-wanted item following last
week's devastating earthquake.
Aftershock rattles China rescue efforts
A strong aftershock early Sunday rattled areas still reeling from last week's massive earthquake in China, shaking frayed nerves of survivors and slowing rescue and relief efforts.
Aftershock rattles China rescue effort
A strong aftershock early Sunday rattled areas still reeling from a massive earthquake in China, while fears of flash flooding and landslides hindered rescue efforts as the death toll continued to rise.
China's rescue effort clings to hope
Rescuers in China held out hope of finding more survivors, buoyed by news Saturday of the rescue of two men more than 110 hours after this week's massive earthquake.
Survivors emerge as China quake rescue intensifies (AFP)
AFP - With survivors still emerging from the rubble Saturday nearly 115 hours after disaster struck, rescue teams waged an increasingly desperate battle to find victims of China's earthquake which has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
China's Hu says 'time pressing' for quake rescue
Four days after earth-shattering tremors left huge swathes of southwest China
in ruins, President Hu Jintao flew into the region today to reinvigorate a
rescue operation in which miracles are becoming fewer and farther between.
China's rescue efforts reach new urgency
Four days after the devastating earthquake in China, rescue efforts to find survivors reach a new urgency. Hopes of finding thousands of missing school children begin to fade, while Beijing says the official death toll is near 20,000 but warns the final tally could reach 50,000.
China Appeals for Rescue Equipment
China issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as the death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck earlier this week rose to more than 19,500 in Sichuan province alone. Official said the death toll could hit 50,000.
China intensifies quake rescue as hopes dim
HANWANG, China (Reuters) - Fresh aid reached China's earthquake-devastated areas on Thursday but the sheer magnitude of caring for tens of thousands of homeless, grieving survivors threatened to overwhelm relief efforts.
China intensifies quake rescue as hopes dim (Reuters)
Reuters - Fresh aid reached China's
earthquake-devastated areas on Thursday but the sheer magnitude
of caring for tens of thousands of homeless, grieving survivors
threatened to overwhelm relief efforts.
China boosts rescue efforts
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday ordered 90 more helicopters for rescue missions in Sichuan province, adding urgency to the massive relief operations under way since Monday's devastating earthquake in southwest China.
China sends more 'copters for rescue efforts
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday ordered 90 more helicopters for rescue missions in Sichuan province, adding urgency to the massive relief operations under way since Monday's devastating earthquake in southwest China.
China ramps up rescue effort in quake disaster zone (AFP)
AFP - China ramped up its massive military rescue effort in the quake-hit southwest Thursday where more than 40,000 people lay dead or buried under rubble and rescue teams fought to save the living.
China sends more copters for rescue efforts
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday ordered 90 more helicopters for rescue missions in Sichuan province, adding urgency to the massive relief operations under way since Monday's devastating earthquake in southwest China.
Rescue Effort Overwhelms China
China quickly mobilized the largest relief operation in its modern history after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake, but, as a trek into one of the worst hit areas showed, even that effort was falling short for many victims of the vast devastation.
China intensifies quake rescue but hopes dim
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - China ordered fresh waves of helicopters and aid into earthquake-devastated areas as severed roads, aftershocks and the sheer magnitude of 15,000 or more dead defied increasingly desperate rescue efforts.
China intensifies quake rescue while hopes dim (Reuters)
Reuters - China ordered fresh waves of
helicopters and aid into earthquake-devastated areas as severed
roads, aftershocks and the sheer magnitude of 15,000 or more
dead defied increasingly desperate rescue efforts.
Troops rush in to help China quake rescue
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people still buried under rubble and mud.
Troops rush in to help China quake rescue (Reuters)
Reuters - China poured more troops into
the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to
quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of
people still buried under rubble and mud.
News Analysis: A Rescue in China, Uncensored
The rescue effort playing on Chinese television is remarkable for a country that has a history of concealing the scope of natural calamities.
More troops rush in to help China quake rescue
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people still buried under rubble and mud.
More troops rush in to help China quake rescue (Reuters)
Reuters - China poured more troops into
the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to
quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of
people still buried under rubble and mud.
More troops rushed to help China quake rescue
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese troops are set to join a frantic search for earthquake survivors on Wednesday, with prospects looking increasingly grim for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.
More troops rushed to help China quake rescue (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of Chinese troops are
set to join a frantic search for earthquake survivors on
Wednesday, with prospects looking increasingly grim for
thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.
Rain hampers China quake rescue efforts (News & Information)
Torrential rain and powerful aftershocks on Tuesday hampered efforts to rescue victims of an earthquake in China?s southwestern Sichuan Province as the death toll rose to nearly 12,000 and officials warned??Read moreSource : News & Information (subscribe)
Storms hamper rescue as China quake toll nears 12,000
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy storms and wrecked roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardest-hit by China's worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to around 10,000.
China storms hamper rescue with quake toll 10,000
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy storms and wrecked roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardest-hit by China's worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to around 10,000.
China storms hamper rescue with quake toll 10,000 (Reuters)
Reuters - Heavy storms and wrecked
roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardest-hit by China's
worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll
rose to around 10,000.
China pushes quake rescue efforts
China's premier pushes disaster workers to remove barriers and clear roads to speed rescue and recovery efforts after a massive earthquake kills at least 10,000 in central China, state-run media report. Officials expect the death toll to rise as authorities begin to reach some of the worst-hit areas.