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>Strong aftershock hits town
映秀镇今再遭强烈余震
Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan County was hit by a strong aftershock this morning, leading to the collapse of houses and landslides at a nearby mountain. 2/3 of the houses in Yingxiu were destroyed Monday.
汶川县映秀镇15日上午再次发生强烈余震,上次地震中未倒塌的房屋出现倒塌,附近山体滑坡.映秀镇在12日的大地震中损失惨重,2/3房屋被毁.
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>5500 survivors rescued
5500人获救5万被转移
As of 8:00 am Thursday, police had pulled more than 5500 earthquake survivors from the debris. Elsewhere more than 50000 people had been evacuated from Wenchuan and other badly hit regions including Dujiangyan, Beichuan and Maoxian in Sichuan and Longnan in Gansu.
截至15日8时,在四川汶川、都江堰、北川、茂县和甘肃陇南等地抗震救灾的武警官兵,已从废墟中救出5500余人,转移疏散5万余人.
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>Roads for rescue team
水路公路救援同时进行
The Ministry of Communications has begun to move rescue teams to the worst quake-hit areas by a waterway from Zipingpu Reservoir in Dujiangyan. Reports say that army troops have opened a water route and transported more than 800 people this morning. In addition, the highway linking Beichuan with Mianyang was broken through, allowing heavy rescue machines to enter Beichuan.
交通部启动了对地震灾区的水路救援方案,15日上午,解放军在都江堰紫坪铺水库架设了一组漕渡门桥,并向灾区漕渡800余人,主要是救援人员和部分记者.此外,绵阳通往北川的公路已打通,大型救援机械已可开进.
Saudi Arabia has decided to donate $50m in cash and $10m worth of relief materials. UK will provide about $2m in aid. China has accepted Japan's offer to send an emergency response team to the quake-stricken areas. Russia's second batch of humanitarian aid arrived in Chengdu by plane Thursday morning consisting of 60.96 tons of tents, quilts and other materials.
沙特决定向中国捐赠5000万美元现金和价值1000万美元的救援物资；英国给予约合200万美元的援助.此外,中国同意日本派出紧急救援队前往灾区.俄罗斯第二批救援物资也于15日上午飞抵成都,包括帐篷、棉被等共60.96吨.
>Relay conjoins relief work
火炬传递之前进行默哀
BOCOG said that the Olympic torch relay will join in earthquake relief activities around China in the coming months. In Jiangxi, participants observed a minute of silence for the victims before the relay. The torch relay finished the Jinggangshan leg Thursday, and will take place in Nanchang tomorrow.
北京奥组委日前表示,要将奥运火炬接力活动和抗震救灾结合起来.在江西的传递中,火炬接力开始前全体参与者都为震区遇难者默哀一分钟.圣火15日在革命圣地井冈山传递,明天将在南昌传递.
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (Chinese: 四川大地震; pinyin: Sìchuān dà dìzhèn), magnitude 7.9 Mw, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC) on 12 May 2008. In China, it was named after the earthquake's epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 汶川大地震; pinyin: Wènchuān dà dìzhèn). The epicenter was 90 kilometres (56 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with a depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi).[2] The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the tremor.[3] The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries.
Official figures (as of 14 May) state that 14,866 are confirmed dead and 66,286 injured,[4][1][5] while the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that 19,565 (including 7,700 in Yingxiu, near the epicenter) are dead and 26,206 injured.[6] The Chinese government said that the death toll could reach 50,000.[7] Tens of thousands are missing, many of them buried, and eight provinces were affected.[8][9]It was the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed approximately 250,000 people.[10].
