The Earthquake of WenChuan.pptx

The Earthquake of WenChuanBy Pei HongshanZheng HanGuo KaiqiangCai ChengThe TimeThe time is 5.12 that I think everyone should remember.The placeThe place is Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, central China.At 14:28, May 12th, 2008, an earthquake magnitude 8.0 stoke Wen Chuan county, Sichuan province. People in most of the provinces in china have felt the tremble, including Beijing, Shanghai, Gui Zhou etc. By 12’o clock June 17th, 67,172 people are dead, 17,420 missing and lost of people homeless because of Sichuan Wen chuan Earthquake. Houses and bridges felt down, traffic blocked, electricity, water and communication all cut off.Let us read some newsYingxiu Town in Wenchuan County was hit by a strong aftershock this morning, leading to the collapse of houses and landslides at a nearby mountain. 2/3 of the houses in Yingxiu were destroyed Monday.As of 8:00 am Thursday, police had pulled more than 5500 earthquake survivors from the debris. Elsewhere more than 50000 people had been evacuated from Wenchuan and other badly hit regions including Dujiangyan, Beichuan and Maoxian in Sichuan and Longnan in Gansu.The Ministry of Communications has begun to move rescue teams to the worst quake-hit areas by a waterway from Zipingpu Reservoir in Dujiangyan. Reports say that army troops have opened a water route and transported more than 800 people this morning. In addition, the highway linking Beichuan with Mianyang was broken through, allowing heavy rescue machines to enter Beichuan.Two field hospitals are to be erected near the epicenter in Wenchuan. Nationwide donations of blood have been sent to the zone for victims in need in time but now we are in urgent need of type AB blood, spokesman of the Ministry of Health told China Daily website reporters at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Wednesday.Saudi Arabia has decided to donate $50m in cash and $10m worth of relief materials. UK will provide about $2m in aid. China has accepted Japans offer to send an emergency respo