Tue, May 13 06:37 PM
Raghavendra Beijing, May 13 (PTI) The toll from the deadliest quake to hit China in three decades crossed 12,000 today and may go up further with thousands remaining buried under rubble or missing and army and rescuers racing against time to reach remote towns and villages devastated by the disaster. Thousands of Chinese troops and medical teams have been dispatched to the worst-affected Sichuan province.
The Sichuan provincial seismological bureau said more than 1,180 aftershocks up to magnitude six on the Richter scale have been recorded as of 5 am (local time) today. Chinese state media reported that the toll now exceeds 12,000 in Sichuan province alone.
At least 10,000 people remained buried in Mianzhu city in the province while 3,629 people had been confirmed dead and 18,645 were still buried under debris in Mianyang city. The official Xinhua News Agency said there was serious damage to the buildings and roads in Mianyang and that water and gas supplies had been cut off.
Premier Wen Jiabao, who flew to Sichuan last evening, said the situation in the quake-hit area was worse than previously feared. "The situation is worse than we previously estimated and we need more people here to help," Wen said at the disaster relief headquarters in Dujiangyan, 100 kilometres from the quake's epicentre.
"Judging from the current situation, we cannot just rely on medical teams inside Sichuan province, we need teams to come in from outside," Wen was quoted as saying on state-run China Central Television. PTI.
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