Chinese Earthquake Photos!!

Originally Posted by T-U-P

@kw64
if what i remember is correct, the epicentre is at wenchuan, not beichuan.

and as far as i know the rescue team hasn't reached wenchuan county yet.

I was rather surprised that they even tried to airdrop paratroopers into the region considering it was almost night time, there was a storm, and the mountainous terrain. airdropping would be crazy in my opinion...

You're right, Beichuan is actually some 50 miles away from the actual epicenter, which is located at Wenchuan county. I heard the first batch of PLA troops just arrived at Wenchuan, and the air force is considering drop paratroopers to the region(very dangerous under such condition indeed) within hours. I heard Premier Wen Jiabao said they have now mobilized more than 100,000 troops, if true I believe this is the biggest troop deployment for PLA in decades.

Originally Posted by kw64

You're right, Beichuan is actually some 50 miles away from the actual epicenter, which is located at Wenchuan county. I heard the first batch of PLA troops just arrived at Wenchuan, and the air force is considering drop paratroopers to the region(very dangerous under such condition indeed) within hours. I heard Premier Wen Jiabao said they have now mobilized more than 100,000 troops, if true I believe this is the biggest troop deployment for PLA in decades.

XINHUA just reported 15 paratroopers just successfully landed and reported to the headquarter. Others are probably still in the plane.

Originally Posted by szbd

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A PLA black hawk landed on the top of a hill for rescue mission.

Looking at the low clouds & mountains in the background, doesn't look much like ideal condition for air drop of either rescuers or materials does it ?

Originally Posted by T-U-P

@kw64
if what i remember is correct, the epicentre is at wenchuan, not beichuan.

and as far as i know the rescue team hasn't reached wenchuan county yet.

I was rather surprised that they even tried to airdrop paratroopers into the region considering it was almost night time, there was a storm, and the mountainous terrain. airdropping would be crazy in my opinion...

yes,the epicentre is at Wenchuan county,but many other countys affected by the earthquake which severely damaged,Beichuan is the one,that photo is take from Beichuan.

An earthquake survivor at a hospital in Chengdu.
Photo: EyePress, via Associated Press

A collapsed apartment block in Dujiangyan. Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble on Tuesday as rescue workers struggled to reach areas cut off by a powerful earthquake that has left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands of others injured or homeless.
Photo: David Gray/Reuters

Rescue workers carried an injured woman out of the debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan. The central government, which said it was spending $120 million on rescue efforts, has sent 50,000 soldiers to the disaster zone.
Photo: Wang Jiaowen/ColorChinaPhoto, via Associated Press

As a steady rain fell throughout the day, emergency workers struggled to pull survivors and bodies from flattened buildings in the few towns accessible to heavy rescue machinery. At left, rescuers pulled an injured woman from a collapsed building in Beichuan.
Photo: Wang Jiaowen/ColorChinaPhoto, via Associated Press

Soldiers tried to dig out a victim buried under the remains of an apartment block in Dujiangyan. The quake destroyed 80 percent of structures in some of the towns and small cities near its epicenter.
Photo: David Gray/Reuters

Evacuees from Beichuan walked along a damaged road.
Photo: Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble after a powerful earthquake as rescue workers struggled to reach them. People's Liberation Army soldiers in Dujiangyan, in Sichuan Province, tried to comfort distressed relatives of victims as rescue workers dug out those who are still buried under the remains of an apartment block.
Photo: David Gray/Reuters

The PLA & Chinese "first responders" is on the job for earthquake relief!





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BEICHUAN, CHINA - MAY 14: (CHINA OUT) Soldiers work to rescue injured people trapped in ruins May 14, 2008 in Beichuan, China. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province May 12, killing at least 10,000 people. The death toll is expected to rise as there is no definite estimate of the number of people trapped under mounds of concrete. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/***** Images)



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Rescue workers from the People's Armed Police struggle to remove injured pupils from the Beichuan High School building which collapsed during the 12 May earthquake in Beichuan county Sichuan, southwest China in the early hours of 14 May 2008. The town of Beichuan is one of dozens devastated by the quake, 7.8 on the Richter scale, whose death toll is only slowly coming to light as heavy rain and destroyed roads have prevented access to the worst afflicted areas until now. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao flew down to the stricken area hours after the disaster and has remained on site speaking to the afflicted, including those still trapped in rubble and has postponed all official engagements to concentrate on leading disaster relief as the official death toll creeps past the 15,000 mark



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The Chinese Sea Fleet Marine Brigade of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) prepare to send 760 officers and soldiers to the Sichuan earthquake disaster site, at the Nansha Islands, Hainan, China, 14 May 2008. The 12 May 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan province that measured 7.8 on the Richter scale has now killed an estimated figure of over 12,000 people, according to state media 14 May 2008




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A helicopter of the Chinese People's LIberation Army (PLA) in Nanjing prepares to leave for the earthquake disaster site on an air drop and rescue mission in Sichuan province, China, 13 May 2008. An earthquake 12 May 2008 in Wenchuan, Sichuan province that measured 7.8 on the Richter scale has killed an estimated figure of nearly 10,000 people, according to state media 13 May 2008




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A soldier carries a wounded child as she is rescued after an earthquake in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 13, 2008. China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people still buried under rubble and mud. REUTERS/Stringer



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Soldiers take out a man rescued from debris in Dujiangyan, the closest city to the epicenter of the earthquake, in southwest China's Sichuan province 13 May 2008. The official death toll from the quake is now 12,012 and at least 18,600 are still buried in rubbles across counties


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Eight-month pregnant Zhang Xiaoyan, 34, is pulled alive from an apartment that partially collapsed following Monday's powerful earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province


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Soldiers evacuate earthquake survivors by helicopters at the Xuankou Township in the epicenter Wenchuan of southwest China's Sichuan province Wednesday, May 14, 2008. As help began to arrive in some of the hardest-to-reach areas, some victims trapped for more than two days under collapsed buildings were still being pulled out alive. The official death toll rose Wednesday to 14,866, Xinhua said, but it was not immediately clear if that number included the 7,700 reported dead in Yingxiu. In Sichuan province alone, another 25,788 people were buried and 1,405 were missing, provincial vice governor Li Chengyun said, according to Xinhua

accoring to doctor people can go 3 days without water and seven days without food so let not give up

first photo showing paratroopers parachuting down to the disaster area.

Originally Posted by Schumacher

Looking at the low clouds & mountains in the background, doesn't look much like ideal condition for air drop of either rescuers or materials does it ?

Right, but no other way.

yesterday a girl was found alive under tons of ruble for 3 days luck was on her side and was rescued be PLA Paratroopers.

An man was pulled from debris in Beichuan County.

Soldiers carried a wounded child out of a collapsed building in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province.
Photo: Guangquan/Reuters

A rescuer carried an elderly woman from Beichuan, one of many towns that had been inaccessible after the quake.
Photo: Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images

Rescue workers looked for survivors in a collapsed apartment block in the city of Dujiangyan, close to the epicenter of the massive earthquake.
Photo: David Gray/Reuters

A father rests beside his daughter at a hospital in Deyang, Sichuan Province. Several schools in nearby Dujiangyan collapsed while classes were under way. Some parents in Juyuan blamed local officials for a slow initial rescue response and questioned the structural safety of the school building there.
Photo: Andy Wong/Associated Press

The number of deaths in the earthquake in southwestern China climbed to 15,000 with thousands more still buried under rubble. Rescue workers continued to search for survivors and carried a victim out of the rubble in Mianzhu, in Sichuan Province. The Chinese government also reported that nearly 400 dams may have been damaged by the earthquake, and soldiers were sent to plug cracks in one upriver from Dujiangyan.
Photo: Associated Press

I just checked the news, and the death toll suddenly jumped to 50,000 after rescue workers reached towns near the epicenter.

no death toll is at 19 000 but chinese official estimated that it could reach up to 50 000 so please read the news right

the problem is that those who are buried are unlikely to survive after 3 days without water. Therefore, we have reached a point where the survival rate for them is very slim, and in a few more days, the confirmed death toll will jump (probably to more than 50k)because of all the buried will be confirmed dead.