Bad News from China [天灾人祸]

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Users outside of North America must have slower internet speeds. I have no problem at all with the photos loading quickly. None. And I've received very few complaints in my own forum.

[Sergei Dekker]

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[NCT]

Another earthquake in Sichuan, more than 150 dead already.

China quake kills scores in rural Sichuan

A powerful earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west, officials say.

The 6.6-magnitude tremor sent people fleeing from buildings across Sichuan province, which was devastated by a massive quake five years ago.

Villages close to the epicentre in Lushan county were left in ruins.

Thousands of troops have been sent to Sichuan, and Premier Li Keqiang is also travelling to the area.

"The current most urgent issue is grasping the first 24 hours since the quake's occurrence, the golden time for saving lives," Mr Li was quoted as saying by state news agency Xinhua.

Rescuers have been able to pull some bodies and survivors from the rubble of devastated villages.

But recovery efforts have been hampered by aftershocks and landslides.

Power and water supplies have been knocked out in Lushan county, and some roads are impassable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22228225

[bd popeye]

Awful tragedy. My condolences to the family members of those who lost their lives.. I have a few pictures..

Anchorwoman Chen Ying of Ya'an TV, who was getting married when the earthquake hit, reports in her wedding gown from the street. [Photo by Chengdu Economic Daily via Sina weibo]

A woman views her newly-born baby in the quake-hit Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013. The baby was born in an ambulance in Ya'an, almost two hours after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county of Ya'an City on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Dan)

By ChinaFotoPress
YA'AN, CHINA - APRIL 20: Rubble from a collapsed building blocks a pavement as people and cars make their way along a street following a strong earthquake hit Southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 20, 2013 in Ya'an, Sichuan Province of China. The devastating earthquake hit the region in the morning claiming over 100 lives and injuring thousands.

Chinese Primer Li Keqiang (C) arrives in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter of a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. AFP PHOTO

FUZ05. Lushan (China), 20/04/2013.- People pass by a road of which the base has collapsed in Lushan county in southwest China's Sichuan province 20 April 2013. A powerful earthquake jolted the province on the morning of 20 April 2013, killing at least 82 people with thousands injured. EFE/EPA/LI TU CHINA OUT

In this photo provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, people gather on a street to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Shifang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. People were killed Saturday when a powerful earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province near the same area where a devastating quake struck five years ago, with state media warning the casualty toll could climb sharply. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Xiaoli)

In this photo provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, a giant rock blocks the road, about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the county seat of Lushan in Ya'an city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. A powerful earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province Saturday near where a devastating quake struck five years ago. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hai Mingwei)

In this photo provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, students gather outside their school buildings to avoid aftershocks of an earhtquake, in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. People were killed Saturday when a powerful earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province near the same area where a devastating quake struck five years ago, with state media warning the casualty toll could climb sharply. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Deng Liangkui)

People try to get across a road blocked by a landslide following a powerful earthquake in Lushan county in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 20, 2013.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, buildings are destroyed by a powerful earthquake at Gucheng village of Longmen Township of Lushan County in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013.

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Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2013!!!

Out of a tragedy comes a triumph!

Rescuers gather to rescue a child to safety from her collapsed home after an earthquake hit Ya'an City in Lushan county, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. CHINA AFP PHOTO

A rescuer carries a child to safety after she was pulled out of her collapsed home after an earthquake hit Ya'an City in Lushan county, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013.