China aftershock destroys 71,000 homes (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 05/25/2008 - 7:01pm

Chinese watch from the ruins of collapsed buildings, as workers clean the street, unseen, following the May 12 earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday, May 25, 2008.<br /><br />One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China damaged thousands of homes, killing one person and injuring dozens more Sunday.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades.

More than 480 others were injured.




 

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