Chinese rescuers brave freezing cold to find earthquake survivors
Earthquakes are common in provinces such as Gansu, lying on the northeastern boundary of the tectonically active Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. China’s deadliest quake in recent decades was in 2008 when a magnitude-8.0 temblor struck Sichuan, killing nearly 70,000 people. The freezing cold would not be the only concern weighing on rescuersContinue Reading