China’s Sichuan earthquake death toll rises to 65 12 missing

(Shenyang = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jong-guk = The death toll from the 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, has risen to 65, the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, reported on the 6th.

building destroyed by earthquake

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According to reports, 65 people were killed, 12 people were missing and 248 people were injured in the earthquake.

The only road connected to the outside was cut off due to a landslide, and more than 200 people staying at Hailugou Glacier Forest Park were isolated.

In Luding County alone, 249 buildings including houses collapsed, 13,500 buildings were damaged, and 7 hydroelectric power plants were tentatively counted, but the damage is expected to increase further.

Hailugou road cut off by earthquake
Hailugou road cut off by earthquake

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After a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzijiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, at 12:52 PM the day before, there were 10 aftershocks with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater until 6 am on the same day.

Sichuan Province sent 6,500 rescue teams to the area to help the victims.

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