Desperate search for survivors
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An injured is transferred to save zone after Friday's earthquake in Yiliang County, Yunnan Province. |
"Our school was damaged during the earthquakes, and we are waiting at home to be notified about when the school will reopen. So I think it might be a good idea to work for the earthquake victims," she said.
Weather forecasts are predicting the disaster zone will experience heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, and temperatures will drop sharply.
In Luozehe, residents have been relying on instant noodles and are sleeping on the ground in schools and a cement factory.
Many soldiers are sleeping under trucks away from buildings, due to fears over aftershocks.
Shops have been closed and residential buildings abandoned. A noodle shop is offering free instant noodles and water.
A primary school halfway up a mountain is now shelter to more than 300 residents, including many elderly people and children. Cai Jihong, a teacher at the school, said almost half of the villagers have chosen to move away from the township, as power and water supplies have been out since the earthquake.
"Mostly families with elderly people have chosen to stay because cars can't move in and it's too difficult for the older people to walk," he said.
Cai is now the only teacher at the primary school. All the other teachers have left.
Wu Huacong, a migrant worker in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, was walking toward his quake-affected home village on Sunday.
"No messages have come out of the village since the earthquake. I simply can't concentrate on my work," the 25-year-old said.
To return to his hometown Wu took a three-day train journey and then a bus to Yiliang. He will have to walk more than 10 hours on mountain roads and climb over a cliff to reach the village. "Electricity has been cut and there is no cellphone connection. I need to know what is going on in my village," he said.
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