China Pours Rescuers Into Quake Zone as Aid Is Pledged
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China sent thousands of military personnel, rescue teams and utility workers into the southwestern province of Sichuan where the country’s strongest earthquake in three years left 1.5 million people needing aid.
Aftershocks, insufficient relief supplies and congested, damaged roads delayed rescue efforts from the April 20 temblor in Lushan county, about 1,650 kilometers (1,025 miles) southwest of Beijing, China Central Television said. The death toll rose to 188 today with about 11,500 injured, CCTV said.