◆As of 19:00 on the 22nd, 55,239 people were killed in the Wenchuan earthquake
[Li Chengyun, vice governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government] At 14:28 on May 12, the 8.0 magnitude earthquake disaster occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. This mega-earthquake disaster, the severity of its destruction, the number of casualties, the difficulty of disaster relief, are rare in history. First, the disaster occurred extremely suddenly. The disaster occurred at the time of work, class time, a large number of buildings collapsed instantly, a large number of people were buried in the rubble.
The second is that the casualties are extremely heavy. As of 19:00 on the 22nd, 55,239 people were killed in the Wenchuan earthquake, 281,066 were injured and 24,949 were missing.
Third, the disaster damage is extremely serious. According to incomplete statistics, 5,932,500 houses were seriously damaged and 5,461,900 houses collapsed, leaving millions of people homeless. Some towns and cities in the hardest-hit areas and Beichuan County in Mianyang have been flattened. The earthquake caused serious damage to roads, railroads, bridges, electricity, communications, water conservancy and other infrastructure and plants.
Fourth, the scope of the disaster is extremely wide. Nineteen of the province's 21 cities (states) were affected to varying degrees. The hardest-hit areas cover an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, involving 6 cities and states, 88 counties and municipalities, 1204 townships and 27.92 million people.
Fifth, the rescue work is extremely difficult. The disaster mainly happened in large mountainous areas with very complicated geological structure, and the earthquake triggered a lot of landslides and mudslides, which led to transportation disruption and communication interruption, making it difficult for the rescue forces to go up for a while, and for the injured people to be transported out as soon as possible.
◆At present ****83,988 people have been rescued from the rubble
[Li Chengyun] At present, the province's anti-earthquake relief work is being carried out vigorously, orderly and effectively under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
One is to make every effort to organize the rescue of people. In the earthquake relief, we always adhere to the people-oriented, the rescue of people's lives as the primary task, scrambling for time to search and rescue personnel, rescue the injured. *** More than 140,000 members of the People's Liberation Army, armed police, firefighters, public security police and militia reserve forces, and 48,680 medical emergency personnel, rushed to the disaster area to carry out rescue. ***83,988 people were rescued from the ruins.
◆The supply of commodities in the disaster area is being restored after the quake, and market prices are basically stable
[Li Chengyun] Secondly, the province is actively mobilizing funds for disaster relief. The provincial finance department has received 5.386 billion yuan of special funds for earthquake relief, of which 4.083 billion yuan of special funds for disaster relief have been issued by the central finance. Provincial and municipal (state) financial **** to the disaster area to allocate 5.632 billion yuan of disaster relief funds, of which, the provincial financial allocation of 4.1 billion yuan, municipal (state) financial allocation of 1.532 billion yuan. According to incomplete statistics, the province has received all kinds of donations of 2.833 billion yuan. All forces are urgently deployed to deliver urgently needed materials to the disaster areas through air drops, highways, waterways and manpower handling. Tens of thousands of transport vehicles have been organized, and 1,435 flights of aircraft have been dispatched. The province has distributed tents, bedding and cotton clothing, clothing, food and drinking water, grain and oil, medicines, instruments and other relief supplies to the affected areas. At present, the supply of commodities in the disaster area is being restored after the earthquake, and the market price is basically stable.
◆Reservoirs and weir lakes have no major water conservancy risks at present
[Li Chengyun] Thirdly, we are stepping up efforts to repair damaged infrastructure. As a matter of urgency, it is important to make roads, communications, electricity and water available as soon as possible, so as to create conditions for earthquake relief. Transportation, with a relatively short period of time to the Beichuan, Qingchuan, Pingwu, Mao County, Li County, Wenchuan and other counties of the main highway, there are still 33 townships of the highway is being repaired. In terms of communication, after intense repair, communication in the disaster area was initially restored, and 109 townships and townships in the 8 counties most affected by the earthquake where public communication was originally interrupted have been restored to 109. In terms of electricity, 1302 of the 1307 townships without power caused by the earthquake have been restored, and 10,457 villages without power have been restored, of which 10,028 have been restored. In terms of water supply, the company has accelerated the repair of damaged water supply facilities, organized water delivery to the disaster areas, and basically guaranteed the water for the affected people and rescue teams; it attaches great importance to the safety of water conservancy projects in the disaster areas, strengthens the monitoring of reservoirs and weirs, promptly investigates the hidden dangers, and makes a good plan for the disposal of emergency situations. At present, there is no major water conservancy danger.
◆No infectious disease epidemics or public ****health emergencies have occurred in the disaster area
[Li Chengyun] Fifthly, we are carrying out comprehensive prevention and control of epidemics in the disaster area. We take the prevention of epidemics after a major disaster as an important work of earthquake relief, early prevention, early deployment, early prevention. Six million copies of the "Earthquake Disaster Hygiene and Disease Prevention Field Operation Manual" have been uniformly compiled and distributed. Epidemic prevention staff were dispatched 9,543 times to the disaster area, and 19.2 million tons of anti-epidemic medicines were distributed, covering an area of 429 million square meters. A total of 3,450 health supervisors were dispatched to monitor some of the water samples in the key counties (cities) affected by the disaster, supervising and guiding the scientific use of water in the temporary living places of the people affected by the disaster. Timely measures were taken to properly bury the remains of victims as soon as possible, and 50,766 bodies of victims have been cremated and buried. At present, no earthquake-related infectious disease epidemics and public **** health emergencies have occurred in the affected areas.
Li Chengyun: 83,998 people have been rescued in the disaster area
Xinhua Express: At present, *** there are more than 140,000 PLA, armed police, firefighters, public security police and militia reserve force personnel, 48,680 medical emergency personnel in the disaster area rescue, *** rescued 83,988 people.
5-12 Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake latest casualties (real-time update) [more news]
Sichuan Province, 55,239 dead, 281,066 injured (as of 19:00 on the 22nd)
Region Deaths Missing Injuries Buried
Chengdu City, 4,179 21,703
Mianyang city. 15976 people 106,330 people
Beichuan County, Mianyang City 11522 people 9693 people
Pingwu County, Mianyang City 1546 people 32,145 people
An County, Mianyang City 1571 people 13,476 people
Deyang City 10290 people
Mianzhu City, Deyang City 6805 people 31,567 people
Shifang City, Deyang City 3546 people 31978 people
Guangyuan City 4521 people 304 people 24100 people
Qingchuan County, Guangyuan City 4408 people 296 people 14302 people
Aba Prefecture 4464 people 24625 people
Maocheng County, Aba Prefecture 418 people 7365 people
Li County, Aba Prefecture 101 people 123 people
Aba Wolong Gengda Township 29 people 30 people
Dujiangyan City 3069 people 3202 people
Pengzhou City 870 people 5580 people
Suining City 27 people 402 people
Ya'an City 28 people 1351 people
Ziyang City 20 people 633 people
Nanchong City 30 people 7632
Meishan 10 people 315 people
Ganzizhou 9 people 23 people
Bazhong 10 people 258 people
Leshan 8 people 534 people
Zhongjiang 20 people 420 people
Neijiang 7 people 225 people
Liangshan 3 people 4 people
Zigong 2 people 87 people
Luzhou 1 person 1 person
Jiangyou 359 people 9,483 people
Guangan 1 person 44 people
Wenchuan County 2,562 people 2,400-plus people
Provincial Prison System 3 people 65 people
Section of the National Highway 318 line 2 military vehicles buried, deaths of 1 10 people
Other Affected Provinces and Cities Casualties
Region Deaths Missing Injuries Buried
Gansu 364 22 7560
Shanxi 114
Chongqing 16 637
Chongqing Liangping County Student deaths rise to 5
Henan 2 7
Yunnan 1 person 51 people
Hubei Province 1 person 14 people
Guizhou Province 1 person 15 people
Hunan Province 1 person
Other statistics 2 Taiwanese people in Sichuan died and 1 lost contact with a 3-year-old boy who died as a result of the quake
Statistical notes Chengdu City (downtown, Dujiangyan City, Pengzhou City, Shuangliu District (where the airport is located)); Aba Prefecture (Wenchuan County, Li County, Mao County, Malcolm (state capital)); Mianyang City (Beichuan County, An County, Pingwu County, Jiuzhaigou County); Deyang City (Shifang City, Mianzhu City); Guangyuan City (Qingchuan County).