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| [00:00.00] | An earthquake that struck the remote Chinese province of Qinghai |
| [00:03.60] | is now known to have killed almost 600 people and injured thousands. |
| [00:08.03] | The tremor wrecked the town of Jiegu. |
| [00:11.28] | The BBC correspondent in the province says |
| [00:13.32] | cold and rain are hampering relief operations. |
| [00:15.66] | A local teacher told the BBC's Chinese service |
| [00:19.27] | that almost all residential housing in Jiegu had collapsed, |
| [00:22.47] | and so had its school. |
| [00:23.95] | The extents of the destruction of houses is very bad. |
| [00:32.20] | More than 80% of the residential houses |
| [00:35.86] | built with mud and brick have collapsed. |
| [00:38.05] | And many people have been buried or trapped underneath. |
| [00:42.27] | We are now helping people to carry out rescues on their own, |
| [00:46.75] | but we lack heavy lifting equipment. |
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