The government of China announced it would begin three days of mourning on Monday, as the death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake centered in the Sinchaun province has been raised to nearly 32,500, with 220,000 injured additonally . At 2:28 p.m local time, flags will be moved to half mast for three days, there will be three minutes of silence, and entertainment in public will be suspended for the mourning period. A woman being rescued after being trapped for more then 50 hours Authorities have continued to pull victims out of the rubble resulting from the quake, 65 since the original quake, with two pulled out alive more then six days after the earthquake. Rescuers are also trying to pull out two still alive. More then 9,500 people are still trapped under rubble throughout the province. Chinese President Hu Jintao Chinese authorities are worried as aftershocks continute to affect the region devastated by the intial earthquakeand water builds up in clogged rivers. An 5.8 magnitude aftershock trembeled buidlings and caused people evacuate them in Chengdu, 200 km (125 miles) south of the aftershock's epicenter. It killed three people and injured 1,000 others. A buildup of water is occuring 3 km (2 miles) upstream of Beichuan, where a man was freed from under a hospital's remains. 60 aid organizations from 13 countries have assited so far with the earthquake, including Japan, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States and Singapore, and in addtion to aid from inside China there has been 6 billion yuan (858 million United States dollars) of aid.
The government of China announced it would begin three days of mourning on Monday, as the death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake centered in the Sichuan province has been raised to nearly 32,500, with 220,000 injured . At 2:28 p.m local time, flags will be moved to half mast for three days, there will be three minutes of silence, and entertainment in public will be suspended for the mourning period. A woman being rescued after being trapped for more than 50 hours Authorities have continued to pull victims out of the rubble resulting from the quake, 65 since the original quake, with two pulled out alive more than six days after the earthquake. Rescuers are also trying to pull out two still alive. More than 9,500 people are still trapped under rubble throughout the province. Chinese President Hu Jintao Chinese authorities are worried as aftershocks continue to affect the region devastated by the initial earthquake, while water builds up in clogged rivers. An 5.8 magnitude aftershock shook buildings and caused people to evacuate in Chengdu, 200 km (125 miles) south of the aftershock's epicenter. The aftershock killed three people and injured 1,000 others. A buildup of water is occurring 3 km (2 miles) upstream of Beichuan, where a man was freed from under a hospital's remains. 60 aid organizations from 13 countries have assisted so far with the earthquake, including Japan, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States and Singapore, and in addition to aid from inside China there has been 6 billion yuan (858 million United States dollars) of aid.
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