4 Dead, Many Homeless After 5.6 Earthquake
Tens of thousands of people left homeless by an earthquake in southwestern China are camping with only minimal shelter from heat and rain, a Red Cross spokesman said.
Four people were killed Tuesday in the magnitude 5.6 quake and nearly 600 were injured, he said, citing figures provided by the government.
The quake was centered in Ludian County in Yunnan province. It was the third to strike the area in less than a year.
Casualty wards at the No. 1 People’s Hospital in Zhaotong, a city near the quake zone, were full, a worker said.
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