China: Troops dig for quake survivors; 25,000 said trapped
BloombergPosted: May 14th, 2008 by Thomas L. Knapp
“Chinese disaster officials, battling bad weather and rubble-strewn roads, tried to reach an estimated 25,000 people trapped under debris after the country’s strongest earthquake in more than half a century. The 7.9-magnitude quake two days ago left 18,645 people trapped under rubble in Mianyang, a city of more than 5 million, with thousands more buried in other parts of Sichuan province, state-run Xinhua News Agency said. The 12,335 people killed in the quake include 7,395 in Mianyang, Xinhua said in its latest report on the death toll.” (05/14/08)
