People who were trapped in Yingxiu Town are transferred by soldiers to safe places in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. Some 200 soldiers from the People's Liberation Army arrived at Wenchuan County in early Wednesday morning. Wenchuan, the epicenter of Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, claimed more than 10,000 lives.((Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- By 8 a.m. Wednesday, more than 800 armed police had arrived at Wenchuan and started rescue operation in southwest China's Sichuan Province that was hit by a massive earthquake Monday afternoon.
Wednesday morning, two helicopters with relief supplies flied over the Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County and three more are standing by to await orders at the Fenghuanshang airport, according to the Chengdu Military Command.
A helicopter with relief supplies Wednesday morning arrives at the Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
If weather conditions permit, the five helicopters will fly to Wenchuan County to air-drop relief supplies, according to the Chengdu Military Command.
From Beijing, two remote-sensing planes of China's naval forces departed at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday to quake-hit Sichuan to collect data of this region.
The road from Dujiangyan, a city northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, to Wenchuan, the epicenter, was blocked by rocks and mud slides, holding up rescue, medical and other disaster relief teams.
Several groups from the Chengdu Military Command have chosen towalk to the areas with heaviest damage inflicted by the quake.
As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sichuan reported 12,012 deaths in Monday's quake, according to the disaster relief center under the State Council.
A helicopter with relief supplies Wednesday morning arrives at the Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- As of 12 a.m. Wednesday, two helicopters of the Chinese Liberation Army (PLA) has airdropped food, drinking water and medicine to the quake-hit Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan County, epicenter of Monday quake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Three more helicopters carrying disaster relief goods are also en route to Yingxiu. Full story
YINGXIU TOWNSHIP, Sichuan, May 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 200 soldiers have arrived at Yingxiu township, one of the worst-hit areas near the epicenter of Monday's deadly earthquake that killed more than 12,000 people.
They are engaged in search and rescue work. Full story
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Railways (MOR) said on Wednesday that 14,000 soldiers had so far been transported by 25 military trains to the quake-stricken Sichuan Province.
Trains carrying 416 carriages of disaster-relief materials including 55,935 tents, 283 carriages of fuel and 12 carriages of food, were en route to the province, said the ministry. Full story
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has sent another 50 medical teams comprising of 1500 medical staff to the earthquake-hit areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
China's Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that the medial staff, who come from PLA hospitals from Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an of northwestern Shaanxi Province, will fly to the disaster-hit areas in succession. Full story
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 21.6 million bottles of mineral water are being sent to southwest China's quake-hit areas as relief supplies.
The water, procured by the commerce ministry, are being transported to Sichuan Province by rail, according to a spokeswoman with the Nongfushanquan Mineral Water Co. Ltd. Full story
