Rescuers prepare to carry away a young victim on a stretcher near a destroyed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Aug. 5, 2014.
August 05, 2014 12:52 AM
Chinese rescue workers continue searching for survivors in the thousands of homes that collapsed following a powerful earthquake Sunday in the southwestern province of Yunnan.
Authorities on Tuesday said the death toll has risen to 410, with 12 people still missing from the 6.1-magnitude quake that was centered near the remote town of Longtoushan.
Lieutenant Colonel Yang Tianjun, who is helping lead rescue operations, said he has not given up hope that some victims who are buried under the rubble have survived.
“The priority for us now is search and rescue, and we hope to find some survivors. This place (Longquan Community) is the most devastated place in the town and many victims are buried in the debris, so this is the main area for us to search and rescue. We just found another two bodies of earthquake victims, there are two more victims down there and we will try to drag them out,” said Yang.
The official Xinhua news agency says the quak
