YUSHU EARTHQUAKE
Official final death toll at 2,698 and 270 missing to date. Local sources puts it closer to over 4000 dead many thousands injured.
DRUGCHU LANDSLIDE
Catastrophic landslides, flooding and large scale loss of human life and destruction to property in Zhouqu (Drukchu) County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture that struck the weekend of August 7th-8th have left over 1,200 people dead and almost 500 still missing. So far 45,000 people have been evacuated 7,000 soldiers, fire-fighters and medical staff have been deployed in the relief and epidemic control efforts 300 buildings are buried in mud and over 1,000 homes have been destroyed with approximately 3,000 severely flooded.
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