Death Toll Rises to 2,039 in NW China Quake
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Local residents consults at a spot of a Tibetan medicine hospital in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 19, 2010. [Li Ziheng/Xinhua] |
The death toll has climbed to 2,039 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 195 people still missing, according to the rescue headquarters.
As of 10 p.m. on April 9th, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu on April 14th, has also left 12,135 injured, of whom 1,434 are in serious condition, the rescue headquarters said.
(Source: Xinhua) |
