China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain
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Injured earthquake survivors lay on the ground at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Onlookers watch as a bulldozer is used to clear a road in Louzehe town, which was damaged by Friday's earthquakes in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A quake survivor receives medical treatment at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A quake survivor reacts as she receives medical treatment at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zhu Yinquan, a teacher, left, tries to comfort a woman who lost her seven-year-old daughter at a school in Friday's earthquake in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province, Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012, a family sits in the open air near the quake hit Zhaotong town in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province. -- PHOTO: AP
Injured earthquake survivors lay on the ground at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Onlookers watch as a bulldozer is used to clear a road in Louzehe town, which was damaged by Friday's earthquakes in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A quake survivor receives medical treatment at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A quake survivor reacts as she receives medical treatment at a temporary settlement in Luozehe town, Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Zhu Yinquan, a teacher, left, tries to comfort a woman who lost her seven-year-old daughter at a school in Friday's earthquake in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province, Sunday, Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012, a family sits in the open air near the quake hit Zhaotong town in Yiliang county in south-west China's Yunnan province. -- PHOTO: AP
BEIJING (AP) - Survivors of multiple earthquakes in south-western China waited for shelter and other supplies on Monday amid forecasts of heavy rains that are likely to hinder ongoing search efforts.
The earthquakes on Friday in a mountainous area toppled thousands of homes and sent boulders tumbling down slopes, killing 81 people and injuring more than 800. They struck a region of small farms and mines near the border between Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, where some of China's poorest people live.
About 60,000 residents from Jiaokui town in Yiliang county, about 3km from the epicentre of one of the earthquakes, had been evacuated to open spaces, an official said. He added that only the older survivors had tents, and that food, water, cotton quilts, clothes and medicine were also needed.
The official Xinhua News Agency cited local authorities as saying mobile phone services in the quake-hit areas had been basically restored.
