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China did not detect deadly quake: report
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008 Chinese authorities did not detect any warning signs ahead of Monday's earthquake that killed more than 8,600 people, state media reported. "Monitoring before the earthquake did not detect any macroscopic abnormalities, and did not catch any relevant information," said Deng Changwen, deputy head of Sichuan province's earthquake department. But Deng, quoted by the Chengdu Business Newspaper, defended China's earthquake monitoring systems. "Predicting earthquakes is a difficult science, and in fact, our earthquake prediction level is quite high," he said. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province shortly before 2:30 pm (0630 GMT) on Monday. A total of 8,533 people have died in Sichuan, Xinhua reported in a separate dispatch. Xinhua, citing the disaster relief headquarters, also reported 48 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province, 50 in the municipality of Chongqing, 61 in Shaanxi province, and one in southwestern Yunnan. All of those provinces and Chongqing, a special municipality of more than 30 million people, border Sichuan. Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
Myanmar cyclone's youngest survivors face trauma: UN
Bangkok (AFP) May 12, 2008The youngest survivors of Myanmar's catastrophic cyclone, some of them lost or separated from their families, are at risk of further trauma, the UN children's fund said Monday. |
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