A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the remote and mountainous Sichuan province of China Tuesday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Up to 100 people are feared dead and thousands more injured in...
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10 Dead, Dozens Missing in China Landslide
Hopes are fading for dozens of people still missing following a deadly landslide in southwestern China, where 10 bodies have been recovered so far. Officials say 93 people remain missing after a huge...
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Tibetans still in tents one year after massive Nepal quake
A year after Nepal’s massive earthquake forced an Everest climbing expedition to withdraw from the mountain, climbers have returned to base camp. “It’s quiet here; nobody bothers anyone,” Dr. Nima...
Victims of China's 2008 Wenchuan Quake Still Need Help
William Ide May 11, 2013 SICHUAN, CHINA — The loss of life from China’s 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was tremendous, and many young students were among those killed when schools toppled. Some victims are...
China Ponders 2008 Earthquake Lessons
BEIJING — As relief efforts are underway in earthquake-stricken parts of southwest China, the public rushes to donate money and some ask what lessons the government learned from the Wenchuan quake...
More Flood Misery in China as Mudslides Trap Thousands
Fresh rains in western China have caused more flooding and mudslides, adding at least 20 people to a death toll well over 1,000 in Gansu Province alone. In addition, more than 10,000 people in the...
Floods kill at least 57 people in China
By Stephanie Ho Beijing, 16 June 2008 - Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China has killed 57 people and forced more than one million others to flee their homes. Stephanie Ho...
China: Young Chinese quake victims return to school
Thousands of schools were damaged or destroyed in the massive earthquake that hit China May 12. Now, young survivors are getting back to the classroom in the temporary shelters where they live, with...
China turns focus to rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by quake
More than two weeks after the earthquake in China that killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly five million others homeless, Chinese officials are working on plans for reconstruction. Jamila...
Quake in China leaves behind thousands of orphans
By Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China, 23 May 2008 - The earthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children...
China begins slow recovery from snow disaster
Roads, railways and air traffic are slowly returning to normal in China, where the worst snowstorms in 50 years have stranded millions of travelers trying to get home for this week's Lunar New Year...
More snow coming as China struggles with power, water and railway problems
By VOA News A brief break in weeks of severe winter weather that has crippled large parts of China allowed troops and police to begin clearing a few roads and rail lines Sunday, but authorities say...
Many children among dead in flooding in Northeast China
By Daniel Schearf Beijing, 12 June 2005 - The death toll from a flood that hit a primary school in northeastern China has reached 91. China's state media says most of the victims from this latest...
China more receptive to allowing private international agencies to take part in relief operations
DATE=2/5/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-226368 TITLE=CHINA DISASTER RELIEF (L ONLY) BYLINE=ROGER WILKISON DATELINE=BEIJING CONTENT VOICED AT: INTRO: A HONG KONG DISASTER RELIEF EXPERT WHOSE...
Chinese officials say death toll has risen
BYLINE=ROGER WILKISON INTRO: CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK TWO NORTHERN COUNTIES SATURDAY HAS RISEN TO 50 AND THAT THE INJURED AND HOMELESS NUMBER IN...
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Work crews continue to clean up damage
DATE=8/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-218798 TITLE=TYPHOON WINNIE CLEANUP (S-O) BYLINE=CHRIS SIMKINS DATELINE=HONG KONG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: WORK CREWS IN EASTERN CHINA AND TAIWAN...
Attempts to resume normal lives
DATE=8/21/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-292009 TITLE=CHINA FLOODS (L) BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO DATELINE=CHANGSHA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AS HEAVY FLOODWATERS SLOWLY RECEDE FROM HARD-HIT AREAS...
New flooding in the southeastern part of the country
DATE=8/12/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201574 TITLE=CHINA / FLOODS (S ONLY) BYLINE=GIL BUTLER DATELINE=BEIJING CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: CHINESE RELIEF WORKERS AND SOLDIERS ARE CLEANING UP...