Chinese Earthquake Photos!!

May I add my condolances for all the deads, Heartfelt prayers for speedy recovery of all the injured and hopes and prayers of an early recovery to this great nationand its lovely people.
Regards
Araz

My heart goes out to all the people in the affected cities. This is a real tragedy, and I hope to God that they rescue as many people as they can out of the rubble.

Fitting with China's status as the world's most populous country, natural disasters always seem to happen there on a huge scale. From the old Yellow River floods to the famines of the Mao years to this earthquake, no nation seems to experience the fury of nature on such a grand scale as China. The Chinese people are strong and they always pull through.

Living in California, we're just waiting for the next big earthquake.

More photos from the epicenter as rescue workers and press finally arrived the hardest hit region.



Aside from the quake itself, the rocks fell from the mountains also caused great damages.





A town in Beichuan county.



Troops trying to reach the town by foot

@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...

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

T-U-P said:

@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...

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According to XINHUA, now about 800 military personals arrived in Wenchuan. There were three teams arrived by walking. One led by the commander of the Sichuan provincial military district Gen. Xia Guofu, one led by the vice commander Gen. Li Yazhou, another let by the commander of 13th army Gen. Li Yong.

T-U-P said:

@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...

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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.

kw64 said:

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.

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

szbd said:

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

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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 ?

T-U-P said:

@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...

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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.