Many cultural relics in Northwest China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces suffered damage during the Jishishan earthquake that occurred last week. China’s top cultural authority announced Saturday that emergency funds are being distributed for restoration of the damaged relics.
Local governments of the earthquake-hit provinces of Gansu and Qinghai vowed to take immediate measures to ensure victims are under warm roofs amid sub-freezing temperatures, and to provide them with sufficient life necessities. Specialized and timely medical treatment is also being arranged for those who were injured during the disaster.
Braving sub-zero conditions, thousands of rescuers faced an uphill task on Wednesday finding and treating survivors of a strong earthquake that rocked a remote area in China's northwestern Gansu province more than a day ago. The magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted Jishishan county near the border straddling Gansu and Qinghai provinces a minute before midnight on Monday, sending frightened residents out of homes into the cold in the dead of the night. Recovery from Monday night's earthquake has been further challenged by the powerful cold snap that has gripped most of China since last week.
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