China deploys 20,000 troops in Sichuan quake rescue efforts

14/5 China deploys 20,000 troops in Sichuan quake rescue efforts, 30,000 more to be sent in. Official death toll now past 13,000.

13/5 Official death toll from Sichuan quake, China's worst in 30 years, now at 10,000; at least 10,000 still buried in Mianzhu city. A second earthquake, measuring 5.7 on Richter scale, hit Sichuan province in China at 3.07 pm, reports Malaysian Meteorological Department.

Magnitude 7.8 quake reported in Sichuan, China, more than 10,000 people died in Beichuan county, 80% of buildings collapsed; death toll expected to rise.

Tremors were felt as far as Hanoi, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand.

Nature has begun to get angry. We have yet to settle the cyclone issues in Myanmar where we witnessed winds of 190 kph and a storm surge 4.5 meters high pounded the Irrawaddy delta, killing or leaving missing more than 60,000 people. Now, we have a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in China.

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