Topic: An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province.
China news agency, Beijing, May 13th According to the news from China’s military, as of 6: 30 on the 13th, the PLA and the Armed Police Force have invested 16,760 people in earthquake relief. Military regions around the country plan to transport troops to the disaster area by 20 military planes, and at the same time, make officers and men reach the earthquake area as soon as possible by means of railways, motorized maneuvers and hiking. By 8: 00 on the 13th, more than 100 officers and men of the Aba detachment of the Armed Police had arrived in Wenchuan County on foot.
More than 34,000 people from Jinan, Chengdu Military Region and Air Force are marching into the disaster area. Among them, 2,824 people from a group army of Chengdu Military Region in Yunnan have set off by railway at 3: 00 on 13th, and a division and two brigades of jinan military area command are organizing railway transportation. At present, the first echelon has been loaded, and it is planned to set off at 8: 20. An airborne army stationed in Hubei dispatched 6,420 people. At present, the landing field has been prepared, and the first flight has taken off at 6: 20. On 13th, the Air Force plans to use 20 military transport planes, Il-76 and Yun-8, to fly troops to Chengdu Shuangliu Airport and Mianyang Airport at full capacity.
A national earthquake emergency rescue team of 227 people, composed of military personnel, medical staff of the Armed Police General Hospital and earthquake rescue experts, arrived in Dujiangyan at 0: 50 on the 13th, carrying 12 search and rescue dogs, two command vehicles and some equipment and medicines, and launched rescue operations in Dujiangyan Chinese Medicine Hospital and Juyuan Town Middle School, the two most severely affected places.
Because the road to Wenchuan has been interrupted and cannot be reached by mechanized and motorized transportation, the troops organized a hike overnight. At present, the deputy chief of staff of an artillery regiment of a group army in Chengdu Military Region has led a 20-member reconnaissance detachment to Wenchuan on foot and is learning about the disaster.
Instant report: The earthquake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province has caused 9,219 deaths. Hu Jintao presided over the Politburo meeting to deploy disaster relief work. Wen Jiabao goes to Deyang Basic situation of Wenchuan county [Emergency] After repeated verification, the Wenchuan County earthquake in Sichuan was 7.8.Photos: Luoyang was affected by the earthquake According to the National Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Photos: Beijing was affected by the earthquake and citizens ran down high-rise buildings. The earthquake in Kunming is strong, and it is obvious that there is an earthquake. Photo: Shijiazhuang area affected by earthquake. [Emergency] An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 occurred in Tongzhou District, Beijing. An earthquake was clearly felt in Beijing today. The earthquake in Kunming is strong, and it is obvious that there is an earthquake. At around 14: 35, an earthquake was clearly felt in Beijing.
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On May 12, 2008, Luoyang citizens were running out of houses and construction sites to avoid the earthquake. (Source: CFP) | |||
At about 14: 38 pm on May 12, 2008, there was a strong earthquake in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and people who were working evacuated from the office building. (Author: Zhang Runmin) (Source: CFP) | |||
On May 12, 2008, Beijing was affected by the earthquake, and the downstairs of Dacheng Building of Xinhuanet was full of evacuated citizens. (Author: Guo Xiaotian) (Source: CFP) |
Editor: Wang Xu