CHINA - 8.0 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

sharon sanders · May 17, 2008

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Thank you everyone for following this event. This kind of event and displacement of so many people is a true threat to public health.

Shiloh · May 17, 2008

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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK33797220080517?sp=true

China fights animal disease spread in quake areas
Sat May 17, 2008 10:25am EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed at least 29,000 people in China also badly hurt livestock and crops in Sichuan province, and disinfection teams are spreading out to prevent more damage, officials said on Saturday.

The earthquake killed about 792,000 of Sichuan's estimated 60 million pigs, Li Jinxiang, head of the veterinary department at the Ministry of Agriculture, told reporters.

However, the number of breeding sows nationwide is up on last year, which could help stave off inflation, he told Reuters.

Rescue work is still going on for thousands buried in rubble after the May 12 quake, but with bodies in mass graves and water supplies disrupted, efforts now also include disinfection campaigns to prevent disease spreading among animals and people.

Poultry made up most of the 12.5 million birds and livestock killed by Monday's quake.

The quake has damaged infrastructure just ahead of the hot, humid summer, the peak season for diseases such as swine flu or blue ear pig disease, which decimated the hog population in 2007.

"Preventing disease is one of our largest responsibilities," Li said at a news conference in Beijing.

Li told Reuters the breeding sow population was now about 20 percent more nationwide than it was this time last year, when disease and poor profits discouraged breeding, helping to feed inflation which is now running at a nearly 12-year high.

The quake badly damaged fish farms and about 15 percent of vegetable production in the afflicted areas near the epicenter, the officials said. As many as 50,000 greenhouses were damaged.

Sichuan accounts for nearly 15 percent of China's rapeseed production, nearly 7 percent of summer grains and 5 percent of vegetables.

Although a national surplus of fertilizer should be able to make up for fertilizer plants damaged in industrial towns such as Shifang, damage to irrigation infrastructure would be harder to overcome, the officials said. Sichuan is releasing water from reservoirs to reduce pressure on weakened dams.

"Some rice paddies may have to be turned into dry fields this summer," said Wei Chaoan, vice minister of agriculture.

"Maybe, as this develops, many other problems will appear, including some we don't know about yet."

(Reporting by Lucy Hornby; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

Giuseppe · May 17, 2008

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Shiloh said:
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK33797220080517?sp=true

China fights animal disease spread in quake areas
Sat May 17, 2008 10:25am EDT

Poultry made up most of the 12.5 million birds and livestock killed by Monday's quake.

The quake has damaged infrastructure just ahead of the hot, humid summer, the peak season for diseases such as swine flu or blue ear pig disease, which decimated the hog population in 2007.

"Preventing disease is one of our largest responsibilities," Li said at a news conference in Beijing.

Li told Reuters the breeding sow population was now about 20 percent more nationwide than it was this time last year, when disease and poor profits discouraged breeding, helping to feed inflation which is now running at a nearly 12-year high.

Swine flu? African Swine Fever of Foot and mouth disease (FMD). Blue Ear disease: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. Avian influenza isn't cited.

Sunshine123 · May 17, 2008

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US monitoring China's nuclear sites after quake

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrA0sKZAfROpHbHJNXn9cu5oEtAAD90N175G

By LILY HINDY and ANGELA CHARLTON ? 19 hours ago

American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China's earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France's nuclear watchdog reported that some had suffered minor damage.

The French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety said Chinese authorities "reacted well" to the quake and immediately shut down nuclear sites for inspection.

Thierry Charles, the group's director of plant safety, said China's nuclear safety agency, NNSA, had reported no leaks of radioactivity since the quake.

He said the Chinese reported "light damage" to older nuclear facilities that were being dismantled before the quake, noting that seismic construction codes were less strict when those sites were built. China did not specify which facilities had damage, he said.

China has a research reactor, two nuclear fuel production sites and two atomic weapons sites in Sichuan province, where the magnitude-7.9 quake struck Monday, the French agency said. All were between 40 and 90 miles from the epicenter.

French authorities do not yet have a full picture of any possible damage at the nuclear weapons sites, where information is more closely guarded, Charles said.

"At this stage, I don't think there were any leaks, because they would have reported them by now. The worst to worry about now is degradation of buildings, cracks, this kind of thing," he said.

U.S. officials are monitoring China's nuclear facilities in the quake zone, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. He said he had no information about any damage.

Wang Baodong, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said he had no information about the state of the atomic sites. But he told reporters the Chinese government was "preparing for every consequence" as it worked to rescue survivors and repair damage.

Nuclear experts said there several possibilities if any significant damage occurred at the plants, at least one of which is alongside a river. A radioactive leak could cause environmental harm, while internal damage could set back China's nuclear modernization, they said.

Mianyang, an industrial city of 700,000 people that is the headquarters of China's nuclear weapons design industry, was on the edge of the disaster area. The site has been likened to the U.S. nuclear facility at Los Alamos, N.M.

The plutonium production reactor at Guangyuan, China's largest, is also in the quake zone.

"Damage to these plants could potentially be a serious issue for the Chinese government," said Hans Kristensen, a nuclear arms expert at the Federation of American Scientists.

He said the reactor at Guangyuan is "at the center of China's fissile material production.

"If there is damage to (the reactor), it would disrupt China's warhead maintenance capabilities," Kristensen said. "That could have impacts for several years."

Matthew Bunn, a senior researcher at Harvard University's Project on Managing the Atom, said the risk of radioactive leaks depended mostly on how the facilities were designed, details of which are known only by the Chinese government.

"Only in the reactor's case would there likely be any significant danger of some kind of radioactive release that would affect a large area. And how big that danger is depends enormously on specifics of the reactor's seismic design that are not well known outside the Chinese nuclear weapons program," Bunn said.

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation who visited Mianyang last summer, said the buildings were designed to withstand earthquakes.

"I would be surprised if there were any human impact," said Lewis, referring to radioactive leaks. "If anything, there is a possibility for structural damage."

Associated Press writer Foster Klug in Washington contributed to this report.

FrenchieGirl · May 17, 2008

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Aftershock measured at magnitude 6 by USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008sda9.php

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 17:08:25 UTC
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 01:08:25 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 32.273?N, 104.984?E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Distances 80 km (50 miles) WSW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
90 km (55 miles) NNE of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
335 km (210 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1335 km (830 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.5 km (5.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 39, Nph= 39, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 76?,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008sda9

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

FrenchieGirl · May 17, 2008

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This earthquake:

Earthquake of 12 May 2008

FrenchieGirl · May 17, 2008

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This earthquake has just been reviewed this minute by USGS as 5.7 event. Location has been fine-tuned also.

New details below

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 17:08:25 UTC
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 01:08:25 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 32.206?N, 104.975?E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Distances 80 km (50 miles) WSW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
90 km (55 miles) NNE of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
335 km (210 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1335 km (830 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=184, Nph=184, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.9 sec, Gp= 36?,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008sda9

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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From The Sunday Times

May 18, 2008

After the earthquake, 1m Chinese flee new threat of flooding

As the rescue goes on, cracks are showing in Chinese society with the people criticising the leaders

Michael Sheridan, Far East Correspondent

<STYLE type=text/css>div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}</STYLE>MORE than a million people were on the move last night to escape the new danger of floods in remote areas blocked by earthquake debris in China?s western Sichuan province.
Soldiers of the People?s Liberation Army were seen carrying old folk in their arms out of the town of Beichuan, while the able-bod-ied fled on foot or in vehicles.
Police warned that a river choked with landslide rubble might burst its confines at any moment and inundate the town.
Some survivors were believed to be still clinging to life under Beichuan?s collapsed buildings, from where a 52-year-old man was rescued after 117 hours entombed in the ruins.
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>About 50 miles to the northeast, the authorities were trying to move hundreds of thousands of people from the county of Qingchuan, where rising water levels threatened to burst the banks of a lake.

According to a report on Hong Kong?s cable television network, an exodus of both civilians and military was in progress. The mass flight of earthquake victims came as China?s cabinet spokesman, Guo Weimin, said the confirmed death toll in last Monday?s quake had reached 28,881. The government expects the final figure to exceed 50,000.
It emerged yesterday that in one of the most harrowing incidents to be uncovered, more than 100 children trapped in collapsed classrooms had been overwhelmed by poisonous gas from a nearby chemical plant.
A cloud of ammonia from the plant in Yinghua, where workers died in a torrent of acid from burst pipes, drifted down a valley to Lau Sui middle and high school as staff and pupils were clearing bricks and concrete to free classmates.
Two pupils, Yang Li and Hu Ying, said they had started gasping for breath, unable to open their eyes. Another, Zhou Zhou, described children losing consciousness.
?The headmaster said to go in the opposite direction from the factory,? she said. ?We had to step over bodies.? A teacher confirmed the death toll.
This weekend, reverberating shocks and landslides posed a continuous hazard that was intensified around the dams and reservoirs carved out of the granite mountains in Sichuan, one of the most active earthquake zones in the world.
The feats of soldiers and helicopter pilots in the face of danger drew praise from Chinese victims and foreign tourists rescued from disaster. In contrast to the inertia of the reclusive Burmese military junta after the cyclone of May 3, the Chinese state responded by mobilising 130,000 troops, sending rescue teams, organising medical aid and scrambling more than 100 helicopters to the misty valleys.
Domestic and foreign media coverage of the disaster has been extensive, compared with the funereal silence that enveloped the 240,000 dead of the Tang-shan earthquake of 1976, China?s last seismic catastrophe.
Like politicians in most countries, President Hu Jintao and his premier, Wen Jiabao, flew in to offer comfort and support, all televised on the evening news to assure public opinion that everything possible was being done.
China has welcomed specialist earthquake rescuers from Japan, its wartime foe, while teams from Singapore, South Korea and Russia also got to work yesterday. Two giant US Air Force cargo planes were en route as well, bringing tents, lanterns and meals. A jumbo jet loaded with aid from the democratically ruled island of Taiwan was accepted with good grace. However, British experts were still waiting for visas in Hong Kong.
The scale of the task is daunting: hospitals in Sichuan have taken in 116,460 patients, according to the state news agency, Xinhua.
If the immediate demands are humanitarian, however, the implications of the calamity are also political and diplomatic.
As national grief turns into public questioning, the Communist party leadership has issued strict guidelines to the Chinese media to channel coverage in a ?positive? way. The media and internet commentators have already criticised official corruption in building standards that turned schools into deathtraps.
Inevitably, many people, echoing victims of Hurricane Katrina in the United States, complained of help that came too little and too late.
The earthquake has also emboldened a popular Chinese tradition of irreverence for leaders combined with pride in the ordinary people. ?Let?s not sing the praises of leaders while the whole nation is mourning,? said one daring netizen on the Xinhua website.
The political risk for the Communist party is likely to intensify as hard questions are asked about the central planning policies that put so many people and industrial plants in an earthquake zone. The factories and towns hidden away in Sichuan?s valleys are the legacy of one of Mao Tse-tung?s least-known but most grandiose projects.
Fearing a nuclear attack by the United States or the Soviet Union, Mao ordered the construction of a redoubt to shelter China?s defence industry. He gave the task to Deng Xiaoping, a native of Sichuan. Starting in the 1950s, Deng built an impregnable arsenal hidden by the mountains.
He built tunnels, dammed rivers, threw railways across gorges, drove highways through the wilderness, installed power stations, nuclear weapons plants, steelworks, chemical factories and arms workshops, some hidden in caverns. Standards were shoddy and hundreds died as ?worker-martyrs?. The project was bigger than the Roosevelt New Deal or Stalin?s first five-year plan and it consumed between 40% and 45% of China?s capital budget from 1965-75.
It was all done in total secrecy. ?Populations were moved from Shanghai and Tianjin into towns that appeared on no maps,? wrote Harrison Salisbury in his dual biography of Mao and Deng. Nobody dared question either man about the decision to locate these industries and all their people along an active tectonic boundary.
Times have changed in China, however, and one immediate policy question is whether these vulnerable industries and towns should ever be rebuilt.
The government will face an immediate challenge to ?social stability? in housing and caring for thousands of homeless families. More than 4m homes were damaged or destroyed. Water supply has been cut off in 20 cities and counties. Tent camps are springing up to shelter displaced families. Just north of Chengdu, the provincial capital, 2,000 people are occupying the town square in Shi-fang.
A year marked with the lucky Chinese number eight and to be crowned by the Beijing Olympics has so far been scarred by ill fortune: destructive snowstorms, the Tibetan uprising - and now the most catastrophic earthquake since 1976. In Chinese culture, such omens commonly herald the fall of a dynasty. :tiphat: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article3953911.ece

Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=8><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Chinese misery continues</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle>

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters)
Thousands flee Beichuan following lake breach fears

Thousands of Chinese fled their homes yesterday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed more than 50,000 people. The authorities have begun evacuation of more than 2,000 people on fears of floods stretching for 40 km in the wake of a deadly earthquake, state media said yesterday.
Monday?s 7.9-magnitude earthquake set off landslides that clogged the Qingzhu river, creating a body of water in Sichuan province that is already overflowing into a nearby village, Xinhua news agency said.
The quake weakened the soil in the area of Hongyuang township and if the water level rises by several metres, an area stretching at least 40 kilometres would be inundated, it said. Experts were also considering setting off an explosion to divert the water, it said.
Early yesterday, Xinhua said a barrier lake formed by the blocking of a river had burst on Friday afternoon but residents downstream had been evacuated and there were no casualties.
A paramilitary officer had told Reuters earlier that the likelihood of the lake bursting its banks was ?extremely big?.
The situation was ?very dangerous because there are still tremors causing landslides that could damage the dam?, said Luo Gang, a building worker who left the southeastern port city of Xiamen and rushed home to look for his missing fiancee. :tiphat:
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Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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CHINA.ORG.CN: Good afternoon to all those listening to this talk. We are China Talks. Today we are very happy to invite the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Department, Mr. Leavitt，to join our program. First let's allow Mr. Leavitt to say 'Hi' to our netitizens.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Good afternoon to all those listening to this talk. We are China Talks. Today we are very happy to invite the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Department, Mr. Leavitt, to join our program. First let's allow Mr. Leavitt to say 'Hi' to our netitizens.

LEAVITT: Hi, to all of the netizens, hello. And Bing, thank you for having me on your program.

LEAVITT: Hi, to all of the netizens, hello. And Bing, thank you for having me on your program.

CHINA.ORG.CN: First we'd like to ask you, Mr. Leavitt, about your trip this time to China.

CHINA.ORG.CN: First we'd like to ask you, Mr. Leavitt, about your trip this time to China.

LEAVITT: My trip has been very productive; it was my first time in Shanghai. I've been in China many times but this time was my first time in Shanghai. My trip has concentrated on the safety of products coming from China to the US. And also the work we can work together on traditional Chinese medicine.

LEAVITT: My trip has been very productive; it was my first time in Shanghai. I've been in China many times but this time was my first time in Shanghai. My trip has concentrated on the safety of products coming from China to the US . And also the work we can work together on traditional Chinese medicine.

CHINA.ORG.CN: China has very recently experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake; it shook Sichuan Province on the 12th of May and thousands of people were killed. And right now the Chinese government is trying its best to save people's lives. During disasters health care is very important. In the US how does your government respond to disasters? And what measures do you take?

LEAVITT: I am very saddened by what has happened with the earthquake. I have expressed on behalf of my government our desire to be helpful in any way we can. We know that China has great capacity to respond to disasters and so we have confidence that everything that can be done is being done. In our experience and according to our plans when a disaster of this nature starts the first three or four days are critical in finding those who have survived. But we must then begin to focus on assuring that those who have survived have the basics to continue to maintain their lives, such as food and water and shelter and health care.

It is then important to turn attention toward recovery. Now, this is a devastating blow for China but China is strong and China will respond in a way that will allow them to move forward. But we do mourn the loss of so many Chinese citizens and wish the government well and pledge our help.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Now you just mentioned that people in the disaster area need food and water. Do you think they also need psychological help as well?

CHINA.ORG.CN: Now you just mentioned that people in the disaster area need food and water. Do you think they also need psychological help as well?

LEAVITT: We have learned in disaster situations that during the middle of the disaster people rally and they put forward even extra energy but after the disaster when they realize the loss that they have sustained that is the moment when they need to have help with their emotions and with their mental health. Typically, we have found that the period of 6 to 9 months after disasters is the critical part of the mental health recovery. So this is a problem that China will have to deal with for several months and probably many years. This is not something that will recover quickly.

LEAVITT: We have learned in disaster situations that during the middle of the disaster people rally and they put forward even extra energy but after the disaster when they realize the loss that they have sustained that is the moment when they need to have help with their emotions and with their mental health. Typically, we have found that the period of 6 to 9 months after disasters is the critical part of the mental health recovery. So this is a problem that China will have to deal with for several months and probably many years . This is not something that will recover quickly.

CHINA.ORG.CN: As you know, this month an infectious disease called HFMD also struck parts of China and regarding this can you elaborate on how the USA has been willing to give support to the Chinese people: what assistance will the US give China to combat HMFD?

LEAVITT: We have great respect for China and its scientific ability. I have personally seen the disease tracking system that China put forward throughout their entire country after SARS. We do have scientists at our Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. They are specialists in this particular disease, and we have offered to have our scientists collaborate with Chinese scientists and I've also suggested that this would be a project that we would be very willing to collaborate on in determining how to stop it.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Could you explain how the USA deals with and prevents these kinds of epidemics?

LEAVITT: Like China, we have a disease tracking system. If a disease begins to manifest itself in a specific area then we do everything we can to contain it to that area. We also try to limit infectious disease from starting by practicing good public health measures, such as having immunizations at the appropriate ages and times.

We also believe that it's important to prevent disease from spreading so there are basic practices that people can use to limit their exposure; they can wash their hands often, they can handle food properly. If they are not feeling well they can limit their exposure to others; we call that social distancing. We try to teach all of those ideas to our people.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Well, you know, you have been Secretary for Health and Human Services for over three years now and you are responsible for the health of all US citizens. Additionally, you are responsible for your own health. We think that the pressure on your shoulders must be as huge as your responsibilities, so you must understand very well how to maintain your own personal health. Can you share with us your secrets of staying fit? Our audience would like to hear your comments on this.

LEAVITT: I do work hard keeping myself healthy and fit. There are several things that I do; I'm by no means a perfect specimen of health, but I do work hard at it. I attempt to exercise every day, generally 50 minutes to an hour. Generally I will do some aerobic exercise 4 or 5 times a week and I do some resistance or weight training 2 or 3 times a week. I'm active by running or walking; anything that gets my heart rate up. Actually I enjoy doing resistance training or using weights. I also try to be conscious of what I eat because I know if I eat too much it isn't good for my health. I also avoid the use of alcohol and I don't drink coffee or use tobacco. And I stay away from drugs and any other kind of dangerous behavior.

LEAVITT: I do work hard keeping myself healthy and fit. There are several things that I do; I'm by no means a perfect specimen of health, but I do work hard at it. I attempt to exercise every day, generally 50 minutes to an hour. Generally I will do some aerobic exercise 4 or 5 times a week and I do some resistance or weight training 2 or 3 times a week. I'm active by running or walking; anything that gets my heart rate up. Actually I enjoy doing resistance training or using weights. I also try to be conscious of what I eat because I know if I eat too much it isn't good for my health. I also avoid the use of alcohol and I don't drink coffee or use tobacco. And I stay away from drugs and any other kind of dangerous behavior.

CHINA.ORG.CN: We know you have grandsons and granddaughters. Do you often exercise with them?

LEAVITT: I have at present four grandchildren and very soon I'll have five. They are very young, they don't exercise with me but I do get exercise following them around.

LEAVITT: I have at present four grandchildren and very soon I'll have five. They are very young, they don't exercise with me but I do get exercise following them around.

CHINA.ORG.CN: We know that you and your Chinese counterpart, our Health Minister Chen Zhu, are good friends and he is a young official who was born in the 1960s; could you please appraise this young and promising minister?

LEAVITT: The Chinese government has many very impressive, well educated government officials and it's clear to me that your government is reaching out to find those who are the most competent in their field. The minister is one very good example of that, and we do have a very good friendship and a working relationship that I value.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Our netizens know that you used to be the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency and they would like to know if there are any correlations between your past and present job?

CHINA.ORG.CN: Our netizens know that you used to be the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency and they would like to know if there are any correlations between your past and present job?

LEAVITT: Both the EPA and the Department of Health are public health oriented. Some of the most important public health breakthroughs in the US have been the cleaning of the air and the improvement of our water. Many diseases are water borne diseases and having clean water can keep the population safe and healthy and can save many lives. The more we learn about health coming from respiratory health the more we understand that clean air is necessary for a person to be healthy and live a long time. So I feel that both jobs have been very much alike.

CHINA.ORG.CN: You just mentioned clean air and clean water in regard to public health. Nowadays the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee is working on this. Can you comment on how we in China have been protecting the public health in regard to the Olympic Games?

LEAVITT: In 2002 when the Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City I was governor of the state. It gave me a very good opportunity to understand the Olympic movement and what an important part a government plays. Anytime millions of people come together for an event there's a public health risk. Making certain that people have clean water and safe food and good health care are important basic things that an Olympic Organizing Committee must accomplish. May I just add that China is going to do a great job with the Olympics? It will be a time of international celebration for China's emergence. I also learned that when I was the governor of Utah hosting the Olympics that everything was magnified by the Olympic Games. Every influence or desire, any group or organization that wants to make their will known will use the Olympics to amplify their voice. When the closing ceremonies of the OG conclude China will look back on this experience as one of the greatest moments in their history. And we will all celebrate with you.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Finally, do you have any comments regarding the future development of US-China relationships? What would you like to say regarding cooperative efforts in public health between our two countries?

CHINA.ORG.CN: Finally, do you have any comments regarding the future development of US-China relationships? What would you like to say regarding cooperative efforts in public health between our two countries?

LEAVITT: China and the US are both part of a global economy. Our nations are closely related and in many ways interdependent. A strong China is good for the US and a strong US is good for China. I have personally experienced in the last three years close working relationships with China and they are improving all the time as we learn to work together better. In some ways we have different systems but in the important ways we are the same: we are all people. We all care very much about our families, and about our health and about our community and about our ability to prosper. By concentrating on the things that unite us, the things that divide us will become small. Like netizens we are all part of the same world.

LEAVITT: China and the US are both part of a global economy. Our nations are closely related and in many ways interdependent. A strong China is good for the US and a strong US is good for China. I have personally experienced in the last three years close working relationships with China and they are improving all the time as we learn to work together better. In some ways we have different systems but in the important ways we are the same: we are all people. We all care very much about our families, and about our health and about our community and about our ability to prosper. By concentrating on the things that unite us, the things that divide us will become small. Like netizens we are all part of the same world.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Thank you, thank you for being so kind as to attend our program, China Talks. Could you please say some parting words directly to our netizens?

CHINA.ORG.CN: Thank you, thank you for being so kind as to attend our program, China Talks. Could you please say some parting words directly to our netizens?

LEAVITT: We live in a world that has unlimited opportunities. Knowledge is unlimited and so is our capacity to reach it. What makes us all stronger are strong relationships that can be achieved through communication. So my advice and admonition and hope is that we'll all use the Internet community to become better connected and to understand each other better and to provide a more peaceful, prosperous world.

LEAVITT: We live in a world that has unlimited opportunities. Knowledge is unlimited and so is our capacity to reach it. What makes us all stronger are strong relationships that can be achieved through communication. So my advice and admonition and hope is that we ' ll all use the Internet community to become better connected and to understand each other better and to provide a more peaceful, prosperous world.

CHINA.ORG.CN: Thank you Mr. Leavitt. Thanks for joining our program.

LEAVITT: Thank you, Bing.

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Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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A barrier lake, which was formed by the blocking of a river in quake-hit Sichuan Province breached but caused no casualties, rescue headquarters said on Saturday.

A barrier lake, which was formed by the blocking of a river in quake-hit Sichuan Province breached but caused no casualties, rescue headquarters said on Saturday.
The lake formed in the upper reaches of the Jianjiang River in Pengzhou City with a volume of 1.6 million cubic meters. It burst at 2:30 pm Friday, according to the general headquarters for quake relief under the State Council.
The lake formed in the upper reaches of the Jianjiang River in Pengzhou City with a volume of 1.6 million cubic meters. It burst at 2:30 pm Friday, according to the general headquarters for quake relief under the State Council.

Residents in the downstream were evacuated in time. The burst caused no casualties, the headquarters said.

A reservoir downstream also discharged water in advance so as to receive the water from the lake.

Many barrier lakes formed after Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused landslides, which blocked rivers.

Experts were also closely monitoring another barrier lake in Beihcuan County. The lake was threatening the county seat downstream.

Experts were also closely monitoring another barrier lake in Beihcuan County. The lake was threatening the county seat downstream.
There had been no burst of reservoirs in the quake-hit areas, the headquarters' team in charge of water facilities said.
There had been no burst of reservoirs in the quake-hit areas, the headquarters' team in charge of water facilities said.

Liu Ning, Ministry of Water Resources' engineer-in-chief, told Xinhua on Saturday some water facility projects, such as reservoirs and hydroelectric stations suffered damages after the quake.

To prevent new disasters, the ministry had dispatched 25 work teams to check affected reservoirs, Liu added.

(Xinhua News Agency May 18, 2008)

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Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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Xiushui Town rule out the possibility the earthquake-stricken area with suspected outbreaks of infectious diseases

2008-05-17 20:17:08

On the 17th from the Second Military Medical University rescue team came headquarters, 16, medical emergency incident handling group in Sichuan County Xiushui Town ruled out a suspected outbreak of infectious diseases, rapid stabilization of the mood of the masses.

According to the front headquarters, at 10:00 on the 16th, Second Military Medical University of emergency rescue teams County incident management team received relief headquarters of an emergency circular, Xiushui Town revealed that the two suspected patients of infectious diseases, the local ambulance personnel have been two patients Isolation, after news spread of the masses caused panic. Rescue teams headed by experts of the emergency response teams at the scene quickly to treatment, diagnosis by the expert group, confirmed the general gastro-intestinal infections. Secretary of Health and local results will be the first time released to the masses, rapid stabilization of the mood of the masses to prevent the spread of the negative information. Second Military Medical University Ruchuan after rescue teams, according to the disaster areas, when necessary, went to the more serious disaster areas in Sanjiang, Maoxian, County, Jiangyou, and other places to work, ending on the 17th treated all kinds of sick and wounded more than 800 people, most of the cranial Brain, spinal and abdominal injuries, such as patients, of which more than 650 people have been discharged after treatment currently is still massive influx of sick and wounded. Wounded in the operation, the anterior cervical burst fracture of the most common surgery. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/zt/sxwc/zxxx/200805/t20080517_447067.htm

Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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Earthquake did not focus on unclaimed bodies buried

日期:[2008-05-18]

First photo archive or extracting DNA

- According to the "Yangcheng Evening News" reported that more than 500 public security forensic, DNA experts were rushed to the disaster areas in Sichuan, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau, more than 70 forensic, DNA experts will be rushed to the scene, of which Guangzhou dispatched more than 30 forensic.

The earthquake has been more than 110 hours, coupled with high temperatures around the Sichuan recently, many relatives of the victims have since died or did not go back, no one remains unclaimed. Home for the bodies may have water and air pollution. Meanwhile, with the temperature rise, many bacteria, viruses could spread in the crowd. Tangshan Earthquake reference to the relevant departments of Guangdong Province and the bodies of dealing with health norms, developed a post-earthquake disaster areas in Sichuan bodies dealing with health and epidemic prevention standards, decided that all the dead bodies will be taken "to focus on in situ" method, conditional Cremation as far as possible, the lack of conditions, the approach taken buried.

Was decided, for each of unclaimed and identification of the remains of a photo archive, will be placed in photos around the rescue systems for the computer to find; Another approach is to extract DNA samples from the victims.

According to reports, one from the Ministry of Agriculture set up, composed of 107 members of the immunization team yesterday and rushed to the disaster areas and conduct a comprehensive environmental disinfection and safe disposal of livestock killed. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://www.xkb.com.cn/view.php?id=253271

Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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Decent treatment and prevention of plague victims can have both

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Being the highest vaccination command of the Ministry of Health, should provide uniform treatment options, so that each province is responsible for one county, is the implementation of specific responsibilities to enhance efficiency. However, in order to avoid or deal with the victims there are very decent risk of outbreaks of plague, or dealt with quickly or thoroughly disinfected has hurt the feelings of the victims in the appearance of things, Mianzhu the local government deal with the victims buried the way are worth considering.

Wenchuan major earthquake has occurred more than 96 hours a. With 72 hours after the earthquake "golden time" gradually and more distant, people now can only hope a miracle, but also prefer to believe that miracle. Although the occurrence of this miracle is very slim, but we will not abandon statement.

However, as time goes by the day, rescue teams to rescue people, the people with a desire to look forward to the miracle at the same time, the risk of disaster areas outbreak of plague has quietly approaching.

May 14, the State Council earthquake relief headquarters, head of health and epidemic prevention, the Ministry of Health Gao Qiang secretary of the party group in the State Information Office news conference that at present there was no disaster areas in Sichuan epidemic and other infectious diseases public health emergencies. The Ministry of Health decided to adopt the method of Baogan, responsible for the disaster areas of the county health and epidemic prevention work, early 14 vaccination teams had arrived on the 13th.

Anti-plague is the biggest problem - the handling of bodies of the victims. Not only because the bodies of the victims may have an impact on the environment, ground and water pollution, and dissemination of the gas and Canzhuang may greatly affect the work of rescue efforts, to be processed early.In the battlefield ambulance, the handling of the war dead bodies to burial or cremation of the general law. The cremation of the body while the sound of more thorough treatment, to the accumulation of dead bodies, add fuel burning, and then to burn. This approach will help prevent the epidemic, but the traditional Chinese people, from the mental and emotional seems difficult to accept.

15, the State Council earthquake relief headquarters, head of health and epidemic prevention, the Ministry of Health Gao Qiang secretary of the party group at a news conference that as soon as possible to properly handle the bodies. It is understood that the bodies of the treatment, has become a major challenge, on the one hand related to immunization, on the one hand to confirm the identity of the bodies.

The Ministry of Health leadership on this issue are very cautious answer, according to media reports Benbu, a media report that the disaster areas to take pictures after the cremation of the bodies by pouring petrol way, Gao Qiang said that to do so is estimated to be a lot of ideological work, the Ministry of Health Emergency Chen Xianyi, director of the Office said that this situation does not exist, the Ministry of Health medical affairs Secretary Yu said that too sensitive, is to study and solve.

The Ministry of Health on May 15 published on its website earthquake relief health and epidemic prevention programme of work, which dealt with the bodies of a series of note.

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First of all stressed that the natural bodies of murder victims do not normally cause epidemics. In the treatment of the bodies, we must be fully respected in accordance with the local clean-up and promptly buried the principle, kept as short as possible time.

According to another report, 16, Mianzhu of Sichuan death toll rose to more than 4250, due to the crematorium in the quake collapsed, in order to prevent high temperature after heavy rain caused the epidemic, Mianzhu deal with the local government bodies buried more than 3,600 of the total, nationwide mobilization spraying syrup Xiaosha bacteria.

Recalling the past, the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, urban nearly 100,000 bodies, is transported to the outskirts of the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers buried. 1976 winter, Tangshan vaccination skeleton staff and more than 2,000 militia, all dug up the bodies, to move into the outskirts of eight cemetery buried enshrinement. Transfer only after the body disinfected with lime, a standardized buried. To test results buried, health and epidemic prevention experts in 1977 to bury the bodies of a comprehensive evaluation form, and from bacteria, viruses, chemicals, chemical, biological, pathology, soil, vegetables and other aspects of research. The facts show that the bodies buried after the transfer, the environment in good condition, caused no biological, chemical pollution, there is no source of infectious diseases.

Mianzhu deal with the local government buried the victims and the way in Tangshan earthquake enshrined Cemetery manner similar to the feelings are not only acceptable to the people, can effectively prevent an outbreak of plague; As for the Shifang In some areas, such as the use of one person, one pit, for the victims The number of the town, thousands of people simply can not do, and there are media reports of a disaster area to take pictures after the cremation of the bodies by pouring petrol way, the traditional Chinese people, from the mental and emotional seems difficult to accept .

Being the highest vaccination command of the Ministry of Health, should provide uniform treatment options, so that each province is responsible for one county, is the implementation of specific responsibilities to enhance efficiency. However, in order to avoid or deal with the victims there are very decent risk of outbreaks of plague, or dealt with quickly or thoroughly disinfected has hurt the feelings of the victims in the appearance of things, Mianzhu the local government deal with the victims buried the way are worth considering. :tiphat:
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Treyfish · May 17, 2008

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18/05/2008, on Sunday in the morning 07:26

The port hears the abstract

The hospital receives the over 110,000 wounded to fear explodes epidemic

[Eastern daily paper special news]The big earthquake victimized persons' following crisis follows on somebody's heels, tens of thousands of corpses bring the great challenge to the guard, but disinfection drugs quantity also by far insufficient. Mianyang CSC officials pointed out that the victimized persons Beichuan county present guard situation is precipitous, the carrion has caused the pollution to the river water, the locality is urgently needed 100 ton disinfection drugs. The World Health Organization also proposed the advice, the earthquake disaster area still had the eruption infection illness the risk, if could take suitable and the foot 夠 measure, should be possible to avoid the significant epidemic situation occurrence.

Strong putrid stench river water pollution
According to the Ministry of Health notifies, in Sichuan each kind of hospital has received the over 110,000 earthquake injured party, middle has 16,000 injured, but not significant infectious disease epidemic situation and arises suddenly the public health accident report. However, after the earthquake the sixth day, in the victimized persons has filled the strong putrid stench. Mianyang CSC Assistant Director the Li six forests spoke frankly that the corpse are too many, civil administration bureau not 夠 manpower processing, the Beichuan attendance gorge river upstream, corrupts the corpse to cause the pollution at present to the river water, in addition the weather was burning hot, increased local eruption infectious disease's and so on Type B encephalitis, malaria, cholera, hepatitis A and typhus risks. According to the Beichuan present's situation, needs 100 ton disinfection bactericidal agents, ten tons above pesticides at least, but on the present authority only then the approximately five tons disinfectants and several hundred kilograms pesticides, the guard situation may say that is very stern. WHO stationed in China refers to behalf of Han Zhuosheng, the earthquake has latter two, in three days, most urgent is must search for the survivor and the treatment wounded, but in several weeks, then should key complete afterward prevent the work which the infectious disease erupts, specially prevent prevalences of disease and so on diarrhea and respiratory system. He spoke frankly that lacks the clean tap water, food and the sanitary equipment, will increase these two kind of illness the dissemination opportunity. The WHO Representative office Stationed in China has had with the Ministry of Health has maintained close contacting, and provides the technical support and the equipment to the Chinese side, specially in purification tap water aspect.:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0-2630612f-119f822ef5e--66c1

Snowy Owl · May 18, 2008

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Rescuers carry Jiang Yuhang, who is saved about 125 hours after Monday's earthquake, to a helicopter at Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 17, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the powerful earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province had risen to 32,477 nationwide as of 2 p.m. Sunday, while the number of injured reached 220,109, according to the emergency response office under the State Council.
In Sichuan alone, a total of 31,978 people were killed since Monday's deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with 209,905 others injured.
Statistics from the emergency response office show that the death toll in Deyang and Mianyang cities of the province hit 10,341 and 11,874 respectively.
The office also gave a breakdown of the death toll in other areas as 4,156 in Chengdu, 2,586 in Guangyuan, 2,871 in Aba and 23 in Ya'an.
Outside Sichuan, the death toll was 364 in Gansu Province, 113 in Shaanxi Province, 16 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province, one in Yunnan Province, one in Hubei Province, one in Guizhou Province, and one in Hunan Province.

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China dispatches 113,080 armed forces in earthquake rescue

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China has already mobilized 113,080 soldiers and armed policemen for rescue operations in earthquake-hit areas. The National Defense Ministry spokesman Hu Changming told a press briefing on Sunday. Full story

Foreign rescue teams continue search for China's "miracle" quake survivors

BEICHUAN, Sichuan, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The 60 members of the Japanese rescue team in southwest China had split in two on Sunday in the hope of finding earthquake survivors in Beichuan county, one of the area's worst hit by the May 12 tremor.
A 20-plus group, with three sniffer dogs and life detection apparatus, were searching for lives in the remaining two-floors of a seven-story building of the county's planning and construction department. Full story

No disease, public health incidents in quake zone

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health on Sunday said no disease outbreaks or emergency public health incidents had been reported by midnight on Saturday in areas affected by the deadly earthquake which struck southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12.
A total of 5,850 medical staff and 550 ambulances were dispatched by the ministry, and had reached all affected townships in the quake zone. Full story

China to launch online public memorial ceremony for quake victims
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- An online public memorial ceremony will be held Sunday afternoon for those who died in the devastating May 12 earthquake.
The ceremony, jointly launched by major websites including www.chinaspirit.net.cn, www.xinhuanet.com and www.sina.com, will be formally launched at 2:28 p.m. at www.china5000.org.cn. Full story

Six days after quake, China still goes all-out to search for survivors
CHENGDU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- More people were pulled out from debris as exhausted rescuers kept searching for survivors six days after the rare earthquake jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China.
A man was rescued at 9:15 a.m. Sunday from a collapsed hospital of Beichuan County, 139 hours after the May 12 quake which has claimed the lives of more than 20,000. Full story

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Treyfish · May 18, 2008

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Epidemic / WHO warning: large-scale disaster areas facing the threat of infectious diseases

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WHO: the disaster areas to prevent outbreak of epidemic

Agence France-Presse news, the WHO issued a statement that: "it is necessary to take action to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic earthquake-stricken disaster areas currently lack access to safe drinking water and proper waste disposal, temporary accommodation premises crowded living environment, Will contribute to the outbreak of the disease. "
The statement said: "prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases in China are now facing a major public health issue."
Sichuan earthquake occurred up to now has five days, the Chinese government estimated death toll over 50,000 people, now more and more worried over 5 million lost their homes may be among the victims of the outbreak of the disease.
In addition to continuing efforts to rescue the Chinese authorities also focused on the wind to supply meals to sleep in tents or shelter victims of clean drinking water, improve public health conditions.
The World Health Organization in China, said Hans Troedsson, the Beijing government face huge logistical supply and sanitation challenges, the proper handling, especially on the North county area surrounding the epicenter.
However, the Chinese Ministry of Health on the 17th also admits that a large-scale outbreak of the epidemic danger.
A local WHO officials said that the main threat is not decomposed bodies of victims of the disaster areas, but the water was contaminated as well as temporary shelter in crowded conditions.
It is understood that such disasters happened after about 10 days to 30 days between the outbreak of the epidemic is the high-risk period.

Russian experts: Xu Fang plague

According to RIA-Novosti News Agency reported, the Russian national immunization division chief Gen-Onyango satisfied that the first quarter of the 16th Division, Sichuan, China after a strong earthquake attention to the need to prevent human infection with the plague, Russia would be willing to provide China with the prevention of human infection with the vaccine for the plague.
Onyango first branches in an interview with RIA-Novosti News Agency said the earthquake disaster prone to plague, in the mountains of central Asia is the plague of natural foci of the earthquake after local residents without shelter, some people directly exposed to nature, Increased the possibility of the plague threat.
Onyango first by India in 1994 in a strong earthquake as an example, when the earthquake zone rats migration led to many people infected with plague, Russia, "even with the suspension of some of India's air traffic."
Onyango first Division believes that China should take in the earthquake-stricken area of large-scale infectious disease prevention measures. He said: "China has set up quarantine security system. Chinese counterparts know that in such circumstances should be how to do." :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080518_781162.html

Treyfish · May 18, 2008

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China will Wenchuan earthquake magnitude 7.8 earthquake revised to eight
[Sing Tao net - - Alert: After the earthquake parameters of the details, Wenchuan China Seismological Bureau will be from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake revised to eight.
-- News, China Seismological Bureau disclosed that in the May 12 earthquake in four Chuan Wenchuan, China Seismological Network Center of the National Seismic Network real-time observation data, the speed at the magnitude of a magnitude of 7.8.

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Subsequently, in accordance with international practice, the use of seismic experts, including the global seismic network stations, more information on the parameters of the earthquake in detail to determine the magnitude of this revision, the revised magnitude of 8.0 Richter.
According to a preliminary survey, the greatest intensity of the earthquake 11, the damage is particularly serious in more than 100,000 square kilometers. The hardest-hit areas in Sichuan Province is Beichuan, Shifang, Mianzhu, Wenchuan, Pengzhou, and other places involved in the disaster areas in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan and other places.
Sichuan earthquake death toll has now risen to 32,447, ending at 14:00 on the 18th, a total of more than 220,000 people were injured.
The State Department said, the earthquake in Sichuan, the People's Liberation Army and armed police dispatched more than 113,080 people relief. Hu Changming colonel said, sent troops mainly from Chengdu, Jinan, Lanzhou, Beijing, Guangzhou Military Region, the Navy, the Air Force, Second Artillery Force and the armed police, and other major units, involving marines, airborne, engineering, communications, reconnaissance, medical More than 20 months, such as immunization branch. More than 1,000 aircraft sorties and 92 military trains, air-dropping supplies over 3.31 million, 78,000 tons rescue equipment, found in the ruins of 21,000 people, where more than 34,000 injured.
The Chinese military has invested a great deal of manpower, equipment, materials Wenchuan participated in the earthquake relief work, play an important role. Now there are four countries and two regions of the rescue team, arrived in the disaster areas, the four countries are Russia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea; two regions: Hong Kong and Taiwan. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...ww.stnn.cc/china/200805/t20080518_781453.html

Treyfish · May 18, 2008

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Sichuan monitoring 18 Yanse Hu Yan Sehu has emerged the largest natural dam break

<SMALL>- May 18, 2008 reprint)</SMALL> Sichuan found that 18 per Yanse Hu of the weir at least two experts to monitor Serious threat to the safety of the people of disaster areas Yanse Hu situation has been basically to identify, to a total of 18 Yanse Hu, of which eight are currently focused on monitoring.

Weir each of at least two experts to monitor
Staff of the Office of Water Resources in Sichuan Province, on the 16th of the earthquake relief command post in the Office of the Ministry of Water Resources earthquake relief in front of the leading group, the North River, Green River, and other places, Yan Sehu flights to the investigation, and the most severe situation, Weir plug the largest volume Tang Shan site Takan, basic ascertain the specific location of the Yanse Hu, water, landslide and the accumulation of the lower reaches of the affected populations, and other relevant circumstances.

The sources, found that about 18 Yanse Hu, to be implemented for news monitoring, especially for the North County, the eight-Yanse Hu to focus on monitoring. Command sent technical personnel to plug the stability of harm assessment to ensure that each weir in at least two experts in the field, and coordination of troops sent to the North-50, the Green River sent 30 experts to assist the People's Liberation Army soldiers weir Monitoring of implementation, to ensure the timely release of early warning information, but also equipped with engineering and hydrology professionals and the necessary communications equipment, 24-hour hydrological monitoring and changes in the landslide, once the danger signs and timely warning to the lower reaches.

Yanse Hu has emerged the largest natural dam break
It is understood that the 15 geological disasters in Guangyuan City Qingchuan Xian verification experts found that red light in a rural village a stone's largest Yanse Hu, has formed the 40-50 metre-high dam, the water level reached 15-18 metres upstream The backwater reached 5-7 km, water storage capacity of 500 cubic meters -700 Wanfang around.

Yesterday, Guangyuan City earthquake relief headquarters said the stone is the Commissioner of the Lower Town Village, the town Qingchuan Xian is the only large open space and centralized settlements, only the armed police forces stationed here to reach more than 3,000 people, "If Yan Sehu dam break or collapse, the entire villages and towns downstream will be completely submerged. "

According to geological disasters prevention and treatment of geological and environmental protection of key national laboratories, the relevant experts, in the stone village in the evening of 14 Yanse Hu 21:00 a natural dam break, a town on the lower reaches of the possibility of reducing direct threat. However, with water upstream to the increase, especially if the weather experienced heavy rainfall, there is still Yanse Hu Man Liu crest dam-break and the possibility of a flood disaster, the Commissioner of the Lower Town, and other coastal towns and townships and pose a direct threat to life .

Mianyang sent by boat Show dangers Pifa
Yesterday, the Ministry of Water Resources earthquake relief in front of the Working Group in Mianyang, Sichuan Mianyang City and emergency earthquake relief headquarters on water conservancy group hardest hit counties in the north-a larger investigation and the situation Yanse Hu programme.

According to Chun-after satellite photos showed that in the hardest hit northern county Jian Jiang Pleioblastus amarus upstream hydropower stations have a larger Yanse Hu, affecting the lower reaches of the flood prevention security, the working group on the 16th into the mountains on foot, but because the mountain is too steep, The bank stands to the side of the vertical cliff, while a large number of sloping riverbank along the gravel Landslide, landslide and the Rolling Stones, the two sides along the river that gave no way out, the Working Group can only return to the hydropower station in Pleioblastus amarus.

Mianyang City water departments have been sent by Pifa boats went to see.

At present, Sichuan Province, six hydrological monitoring group into three Qingchuan Xian, such as the Red River Yanse Hu Yan Sehu-site monitoring; other three groups ready to Shifang sent Deyang City and other places to monitor:tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/news/gb/china/2008/05/200805181559.shtml

Treyfish · May 18, 2008

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Earthquake: the epidemic has occurred, the death of parents sued the Ministry of Education plans to discuss meeting
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From the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan have been the sixth day, there are still tens of thousands of people buried in ruins, has little chance of survival. As the saying goes, there must be a major disaster after the epidemic, the current focus on disaster relief has been diverted to rescue people from the epidemic prevention.

According to the North River from Sichuan news of the disaster area to circulate the air inside the Fushi increasingly strong flavor, yesterday, there are two victims in the county and disaster relief personnel are only allowed into a prohibited, it is estimated that the epidemic has occurred.
In addition, parents of students who have already died from grief over wake up, ready to die for the children who seek justice. Parents plan next Monday morning in the rubble of the school gathered to discuss, will not rule out sued the Ministry of Education and other government departments. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/news/gb/china/2008/05/200805181208.shtml

CHINA - 8.0 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

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