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| Soldiers, civilians and Tibetan monks are combing through rubble in Qinghai province, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the remote region. | Soldiers, civilians and Tibetan monks are combing through rubble in Qinghai province, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the remote region. |
| Heavy equipment and aid are arriving in Yushu county, where 791 people are now known to have died and another 294 are missing. | Heavy equipment and aid are arriving in Yushu county, where 791 people are now known to have died and another 294 are missing. |
| Local people say they believe the number of dead is much higher. | Local people say they believe the number of dead is much higher. |
| Visiting the area, Premier Wen Jiabao promised "all-out efforts" would be made to rebuild the devastated region. | Visiting the area, Premier Wen Jiabao promised "all-out efforts" would be made to rebuild the devastated region. |
| With an estimated 15,000 houses destroyed in Yushu, thousands of homeless people and casualties have been waiting for help. | With an estimated 15,000 houses destroyed in Yushu, thousands of homeless people and casualties have been waiting for help. |
| Many survivors have spent a second night sleeping outside in below freezing temperatures, afraid to go back indoors. | Many survivors have spent a second night sleeping outside in below freezing temperatures, afraid to go back indoors. |
| Tibetan monks have been helping locals collect bodies | |
| The BBC's Damian Grammaticas, who has reached the worst-hit town of Jiegu, says the first thing he saw was a line of toppled pagodas, shops and other buildings. | |
| He says many townspeople are fearful of going back even where their homes have survived. Others are leaving town, with whatever they can carry. | He says many townspeople are fearful of going back even where their homes have survived. Others are leaving town, with whatever they can carry. |
| Heavy-lifting equipment has begun to trickle into the area after being brought in by road from hundreds of kilometres away, and food, tents and medical supplies are arriving too. | Heavy-lifting equipment has begun to trickle into the area after being brought in by road from hundreds of kilometres away, and food, tents and medical supplies are arriving too. |
| One doctor said he had lost track of how many people they had treated. | One doctor said he had lost track of how many people they had treated. |
| "They just keep coming one after the other," said Myima Jiaba, working at a makeshift hospital in Jiegu. | "They just keep coming one after the other," said Myima Jiaba, working at a makeshift hospital in Jiegu. |
| "Right now, what we need is a lot of medicine. We need antiseptics and antibiotics. And overall, we need more tents and food, and sanitation." | "Right now, what we need is a lot of medicine. We need antiseptics and antibiotics. And overall, we need more tents and food, and sanitation." |
| Piles of dead | Piles of dead |
| Thousands of Tibetan monks using pickaxes, shovels and their bare hands have been helping rescue teams and local people dig survivors from the rubble. | Thousands of Tibetan monks using pickaxes, shovels and their bare hands have been helping rescue teams and local people dig survivors from the rubble. |
| AT THE SCENE Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, Jiegu town | AT THE SCENE Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, Jiegu town |
| The road into Jiegu town is absolutely clogged with trucks bringing in supplies. More convoys, trucks with equipment and police vehicles are coming in to town. But many, many people are now too afraid to go into their houses - they are lining the streets living in tents waiting for more supplies to come in, because they have lost everything. | The road into Jiegu town is absolutely clogged with trucks bringing in supplies. More convoys, trucks with equipment and police vehicles are coming in to town. But many, many people are now too afraid to go into their houses - they are lining the streets living in tents waiting for more supplies to come in, because they have lost everything. |
| We were here a short time ago when there was a huge cheer as rescuers and monks dug out a young Tibetan girl. She had been under the rubble for two days now. It is incredible she has been able to survive so long as temperatures at night drop to below freezing. | We were here a short time ago when there was a huge cheer as rescuers and monks dug out a young Tibetan girl. She had been under the rubble for two days now. It is incredible she has been able to survive so long as temperatures at night drop to below freezing. |
| The chances of finding more people are getting slimmer and slimmer. Meanwhile, sadly, what they are finding are more bodies which are being taken away by families for burial. | The chances of finding more people are getting slimmer and slimmer. Meanwhile, sadly, what they are finding are more bodies which are being taken away by families for burial. |
| "There are people in here, we have got to find them," one monk in Jiegu told the AFP news agency. | "There are people in here, we have got to find them," one monk in Jiegu told the AFP news agency. |
| At a foothill under the main monastery of Jiegu township, monks chanted Tibetan Buddhist mantras in front of piles of dead, Reuters news agency reports. | At a foothill under the main monastery of Jiegu township, monks chanted Tibetan Buddhist mantras in front of piles of dead, Reuters news agency reports. |
| Some helped residents look for kin among what appeared to be hundreds of bodies, collected on a covered platform, the agency says. | Some helped residents look for kin among what appeared to be hundreds of bodies, collected on a covered platform, the agency says. |
| "I'd say we've collected a thousand or more bodies here," said Lopu, a monk in maroon robes. "Some we found ourselves, some were sent to us." | "I'd say we've collected a thousand or more bodies here," said Lopu, a monk in maroon robes. "Some we found ourselves, some were sent to us." |
| "Many of the bodies you see here don't have families or their families haven't come looking for them, so it's our job to take good care of them." | "Many of the bodies you see here don't have families or their families haven't come looking for them, so it's our job to take good care of them." |
| Another monk told the AFP news agency he had come from the Ganzi region of neighbouring Sichuan province to set up a food station. | Another monk told the AFP news agency he had come from the Ganzi region of neighbouring Sichuan province to set up a food station. |
| "Around 28 monasteries have sent people to help. We will be bringing in more and more supplies later today," he said. | "Around 28 monasteries have sent people to help. We will be bringing in more and more supplies later today," he said. |
| A distraught ethnic Tibetan woman who gave her name as Sonaman said she had "lost everything". | A distraught ethnic Tibetan woman who gave her name as Sonaman said she had "lost everything". |
| Wandering the streets with her four-year-old nephew tucked under her coat, Sonaman, 52, said that her mother, father and sister had died. | Wandering the streets with her four-year-old nephew tucked under her coat, Sonaman, 52, said that her mother, father and sister had died. |
| "My house has been destroyed," she told AFP. "It's been flattened. My family lost 10 people. We have nothing. We have nothing to eat." | "My house has been destroyed," she told AFP. "It's been flattened. My family lost 10 people. We have nothing. We have nothing to eat." |
| Rebuilding pledge | Rebuilding pledge |
| The quake, which struck on Wednesday morning at the shallow depth of 10km (six miles), knocked out phone and power lines, and triggered landslides, blocking vital roads. | The quake, which struck on Wednesday morning at the shallow depth of 10km (six miles), knocked out phone and power lines, and triggered landslides, blocking vital roads. |
| RECENT DEADLY QUAKES Feb 2010: Magnitude 8.8 quake in central Chile kills at least 450Jan 2010: About 230,000 die in magnitude 7.0 tremor in HaitiApril 2009: Quake measuring 6.3 in L'Aquila, Italy, kills 300 peopleMay 2008: 87,000 die in 7.8 scale tremor in Sichuan province, ChinaOct 2005: Quake measuring 7.6 hits north Pakistan, killing 73,000 'No link' between Chinese quakes Qinghai quake : 'No time to react' | RECENT DEADLY QUAKES Feb 2010: Magnitude 8.8 quake in central Chile kills at least 450Jan 2010: About 230,000 die in magnitude 7.0 tremor in HaitiApril 2009: Quake measuring 6.3 in L'Aquila, Italy, kills 300 peopleMay 2008: 87,000 die in 7.8 scale tremor in Sichuan province, ChinaOct 2005: Quake measuring 7.6 hits north Pakistan, killing 73,000 'No link' between Chinese quakes Qinghai quake : 'No time to react' |
| Among the challenges facing the rescuers in Yushu, a Tibetan region which sits at about 4,000m (13,000ft), are freezing weather, high altitude and thin air. | Among the challenges facing the rescuers in Yushu, a Tibetan region which sits at about 4,000m (13,000ft), are freezing weather, high altitude and thin air. |
| Mr Wen, who flew to the area on Thursday evening to see the rescue efforts, toured it again on Friday. | Mr Wen, who flew to the area on Thursday evening to see the rescue efforts, toured it again on Friday. |
| "We will make all-out efforts to build a new Yushu," Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying. | "We will make all-out efforts to build a new Yushu," Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying. |
| Some local Tibetans told Reuters they did not believe the official death toll, saying many more had died without being officially counted. | Some local Tibetans told Reuters they did not believe the official death toll, saying many more had died without being officially counted. |
| Chinese President Hu Jintao announced on Thursday he was cutting short his attendance at the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) summit in Brazil to return home because of the "huge calamity". | Chinese President Hu Jintao announced on Thursday he was cutting short his attendance at the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) summit in Brazil to return home because of the "huge calamity". |
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