Natural disaster

ContentSpecificDamage2OverallDescription1Interviews4People'sReaction3Influences5In2013,April20,anothertremoroftheearthhitChina’s.ThistimeYa’an,acityof1.5mlocated140km(90miles)south-westofSichuan’sprovincialcapital,Chengdu,becamethebiggestvictim.Thereisnoestimatingwithinhundredsofmillionsoftheactualdamagewrought.Overalldescription:SpecificDamage:•Theearthquakerenderedhundredsofthousandspeoplehomeless.Overtenthousandspeoplewereinjured,atleast188peopledied,and25weremissing.Accordingtotheeconomists,theYa’anearthquakeinsouthwestSichuanProvincemaycauseadirecteconomiclossofmorethan10billionyuan(US$1.6billon).•ThispicturegivesusaglimpseoftheearthquakeinYa’an.Withinsecondsthetremorhappened,somepeoplewerecrying,somewereshouting,somewererunning.Still,outofthewindowsomepeoplehastilyjumpedandinjuredbadly.Withinminutes,arowofresidentialbuildingcollapsed,allthecunningcommunicationdevicesbrokeoff,andtheconvenienttransportationsystemparalyzed.People’sreaction:•Onthatveryday,millionsoftherespectableChinesepeople’sLiberationArmyweredispatchedtothedevastatedarea,thousandsoftheRedCrossSocietyandvolunteersfromdifferentprovinceswereassembledtothedestroyedcity,severalinternationalrescueteamsweresenttothewreckeddistrict.2020/5/226InterviewsFromsurvivals:Fromrescuers:Accordingtothedepictionofsurvivals,severalsecondsafterthehouseswereshaking,thepanic-strickenpeoplefortunatelyfledfromthetotteringbuildings.Somewerewearingtheirunderwear,otherswerejustwiththequiltscoveringtheirbodies,somewereevenbare.DeputychiefofChinaInternationalSearchandRescuesaidaftershocks,landslides,andshortagesofreliefsuppliesarehammeringrescueefforts.Worsestill,thehugedifferenceoftemperaturebetweendayandnightmighttriggeraseriesofphysiologicalreactionsofthetrappedpersons,leavingthemeveninamoreunfavorablesituation.2020/5/2275/22/2020Influences:•ThisdeadlynaturaldisasterexertsgreatimpactonYa’an,onSichuan,andonChina.Forindividuals,theearthquakemeansthedeath,theinjuredordeceasedweretheiracquaintances,friends,andrelatives.Forthewholenation,anenumerationofthebuildingsweredestroyed,anenumerationofthewealthwerelost,anenumerationoftheinnocentsoulwereperished.2020/5/228OfficialDescription:TheearthquakeoccurredinYa’an,wasofmagnitude7.0,accordingtoChineseseismologyofficials,struckjustafter8.amSaturdaylocaltime,andtookabigtolloneconomyandpeople.2020/5/2295/22/2020Pictures江庆赵金婷汪静冉玉连张红许伟Group:319