A 7.9 deadly earthquake struck 's mountainous southwest (the province of Sichuan ) on May 12, killing thousands of people. View the updating pictures from here:
http://www.richforth.com/news_view_128--5.12%20China%20earthquake.shtml
The official death toll stands at just over 14,866, but state media says 26,000 people are still buried while another 14,000 are missing.
Yingxiu is in hard-hit Sichuan province, where 20,000 Chinese soldiers have been mobilized for rescue and recovery, state media reported. Another 30,000 were en route to the region.
Rescuers found at least 500 dead Tuesday in the Chinese district at the epicenter of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake, while heavy rain, collapsed bridges and damaged roads complicated efforts to get troops and aid workers to the worst-hit towns.
During a visit to a school in Shifang, where more than 100 children were trapped beneath rubble, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that saving lives was a top priority. Wen Jiabao also visited a stadium in the city of Mianyang , where more than 10,000 people have been temporarily resettled.
Hundreds of soldiers and disaster workers descended on Wenchuan, many of them digging by hand, according to the disaster relief headquarters of the Chengdu Military Area Command. Soldiers said only 3,000 of the town's 12,000 residents survived the quake.
More than 70 percent of the town's roads were damaged, and almost all bridges had collapsed, the soldiers reported.
All the beds were filled at Sichuan University Huaxi Hospital , one of the largest in the provincial capital of Chengdu .
Fear of becoming trapped during an aftershock led about 200 people to sleep outside in cots, on lawn chairs and on the ground outside the hospital in an area intended for bicycles.
At the Third Military Medical University Southwest Hospital , state-run media reported that nurses and doctors were donating their own blood.
A good number of people responded to the previous post with alternative ways of contributing money, including by Pay Pal and through outfits other than the Red Cross. Rather than reproduce it all here, I'd direct anyone interested in donating to the comments section of the previous post, which features a number of useful links and information on some that are broken or overwhelmed. Many thanks to readers for posting them.
Separately, I am afraid that the death toll will be very much higher than it is at present, possibly approaching 100,000. Tens of thousands of people are still buried under collapsed buildings and that despite the enormous efforts made to mobilize resources for the relief effort, time is running out. Desperate, agonizing times for the families of the victims, many of whom understandably feel they can't leave their loved ones alone while there is still a chance, however remote, they could be rescued.
For those who are looking to contribute to current aid efforts underway, you can now donate money to the Red Cross Society of China which has formed a disaster relief working group to be dispatched to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan County in Sichuan .
They have also published an emergency relief hotline, along with **** information to receive donations to assist their cause:
Account name: Red Cross Society of China
For those who want to donate in RMB: you can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch below:
RMB Account No.: 0200001009014413252
For those who want to donate in foreign currency, you can send money to the foreign currency account at the CITIC Bank branch below:
Account No.: 7112111482600000209
Hotline: (8610) 65139999
Online donations: Red Cross Society of China website: www.redcross.org.cn
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