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Hail adds to rescue effort challenges

By Zhang Jin and Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-20 13:06
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Editor's note: Following are the latest developments of quake resuce efforts in Yushu, Qinghai province. Information sent by China Daily reporters via cell phone or email.

 

Although the snowstorm has stopped in Qinghai, earthquake relief materials being transported to quake-hit Yushu are still at a standstill due to the weather, a China Daily reporter said. [Fu Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]

 

Hail adds to rescue effort challenges

 

Hailstones gather on a tent in quake-hit Gyegu township in Yushu, Qinghai province, April 20, 2010. A sudden shower of hailstones hit Gyegu at noon on Tuesday, bringing yet more challenges to the quake rescue efforts there. The temperature changed quickly, with rain showers but mostly sunny day on Tuesday morning, China Daily reported. [Zhang Jin and Zuo Likun/chinadaily.com.cn]