April 20, 2010 — A mix of light snow and rain combined with sub-zero temperatures has increased the urgency of the ADRA network response to the powerful earthquake that shook China’s Qinghai Province on April 14, killing more than 1,700 people, injuring tens of thousands of people and displacing hundreds of thousands more, according to Chinese officials.
To meet the needs of survivors in the affected city of Yushu, ADRA has dispatched a relief team from Chengdu in Sichuan province with two trucks carrying 1,000 heavy blankets and 1,000 mattresses for displaced survivors. Due to the remote location and treacherous mountain roads, the supplies are expected to arrive in three days. Upon their arrival an additional assessment will be made to determine the urgent needs of the affected population.
ADRA China is working with the Chinese Civil Affairs Bureau and the Sichuan Provincial Ethnic Minority Health Promotion Association to coordinate relief efforts with responding agencies. According to the Qinghai Province Yushu Earthquake Response Headquarters, the affected area still lacks drinking water, food, and cold-proof goods and materials.
Updates on the ADRA network response to the recent earthquake in China will be released as the response efforts expand.
The quake was measured at a 6.9 magnitude by the U. S. Geological Survey, (USGS) and the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), with a depth of 10 km.
According to government officials, 85 percent of all residential houses have collapsed, while a series of aftershocks have made still-standing buildings, such as schools and hospitals, a danger for the more than 100,000 displaced survivors.
Located on a plateau 3,700 meters above sea level, the cold weather in Yushu is quickly becoming a major concern for the hundreds of thousands of survivors whose homes have been destroyed.
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Material contributed by: John Torres, ADRA International
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