Sichuan: Anger at local officials in An county

I would say, the wrath of heaven is merciless but the officials in our county are even more merciless.
— Resident of An county, Sichuan

The soldier on relief work in this interview is saying that there are basically no more signs of life in Beichuan county, Sichuan, where two-thirds of the population was killed in the quake.

“Everyone has moved out now. The only people left behind are the ones dealing with the corpses because there are so many of them.

Sichuan: “The city of Beichuan no longer exists”

The man in this video explains to Lin Di that there is an entire village; houses, people, everything, buried under the large mound of earth as a result of the earthquake. He says the river waters were building up against the landslide until the People’s Armed Police came and blasted the earth away to prevent further flooding.

Sichuan: Parents wait outside collapsed high school

Video: Two students in a dormitory room at the University of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, record their experience during the quake and post it to Tudou.com, a Chinese equivalent of YouTube. It is later reposted on YouTube.

A resident of Dujiangyan who helped to rescue people caught in the collapse of a secondary school building said. “The building is three storeys high, with 18 classrooms. All of the sudden the building collapsed. Many people have died. The People’s Liberation Army are rescuing those trapped under the rubble. Such a terrible tragedy. Many parents are having to wait here for news.”

China: Quake aftermath in Sichuan

China’s official media now say the earthquake death toll in Sichuan province has topped 12,000 and could surge higher.

The vice governor of the southwestern province, Li Chengyun, said the death toll was based on incomplete figures as of Tuesday afternoon. He said 26,206 people were injured, up to 3.5 million homes destroyed, and more than 12,000 were had been killed. Tens of thousands remain unreachable and unaccounted for.

This report is from Yingxiu township in Sichuan, by RFA Mandarin service reporter Yan Xiu: