Friday, June 13, 2008

The Injured and missing of Sichuan

Children buried alive photo

So far, 40,000 people are known to have lost their lives, tens of thousands are still missing and five million people are thought to have been left homeless.

What has been a rescue is now shifting more and more towards a reconstruction operation.
More than a week since the earthquake struck, people are still searching for their missing relatives.
From Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, Quentin Sommerville sent this report.

Listen to his report.

(reference:bbc.co.uk)

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