Cars, hotel destroyed in China's Sichuan quake that kills 19

Record ID: 905981

  • Title: Cars, hotel destroyed in China's Sichuan quake that kills 19
  • Date: 10th August 2017
  • Summary: CAR DESTROYED BY ROCK VARIOUS OF BULLDOZER WORKING VARIOUS OF DESTROYED CAR LYING ON ITS SIDE IN RIVER HELICOPTER FLYING IN SKY VARIOUS OF ROCKFALL PEOPLE WALKING / CRACK IN ROAD CRACK IN ROAD PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) STAFF OF INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT JIUZHAI PARADISE, JIN XIAOFEI, SAYING: "The situation is, I should say: 'tourists are God'. They are important (to the rescuers), the tourists are indeed God. Tourists, whether with or without injuries, have all been evacuated but we were left behind." RESCUERS WALKING DAMAGED GLASS DOOR OF INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT JIUZHAI PARADISE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED AT INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT JIUZHAI PARADISE LIGHT HANGING FLAGS
  • Embargoed: 24th August 2017 07:42
  • Keywords: China earthquake jiuzhaigou tourists damage on vehicles and buildings disaster
  • Location: JIUZHAIGOU, CHINA
  • City: JIUZHAIGOU, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036TKPB2D
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: On the road to the epicentre of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck China's southwestern province of Sichuan, traces of damage are visible two days after the deadly disaster.
    Workers are working around the clock to clear damaged cars crushed by falling rocks and hotel ruined by earthquake. The provincial government and official media said at least 20 people were killed and 247 injured.
    The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday (August 8) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was also close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a tourist destination. Over 50,000 people had been evacuated from the quake zone, Chinese state media CCTV reported.
    Sichuan is frequently struck by tremors. A huge quake there in May 2008 killed almost 70,000 people.
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