Sixteen people were killed in the earthquake: thousands were moved overnight, and how many damaged houses were left outside the tents?

In the early morning hours of 23 October, emergency tents were set up in the primary school playground of the city of Baqing commune, Tibet. Xinhua filmed this temporary place: people holding tents in the night and the first thing on the cold plateau is to give people who leave dangerous homes a place to rest. In the preceding hours, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude interrupted the night in the nearby village.

The earthquake occurred on 22 March at 2233 hours and was caused by a depth of about 10 kilometres. The Baqing district is located in the high-altitude pastoral area and the villages are scattered. The local official statistics at 1300 hours on 23 October are as follows:16 killed and 76 injured– The collapse or damage of 339 homes; As at 10 p.m. on the same day,12,489 persons transferredI'm sorry.Reuters tracked the increase in the number of wounded on that day.The risk of secondary collapse of the house following the earthquake was also cited. For the evacuated population, the number of transfers is only the first count, and the immediate question is where the night sleeps and when the safe return home is possible.

Newsman Shinkingi has contacted firefighters who were involved in rescue operations in the village of Quantuan.I'm sorry. Some of the local natural villages were located 40 and 50 kilometres apart, with some of the roads blocked by the rock and communications affected. Search and rescue personnel must conduct village-by-village searches along the rugged road to ascertain whether there are still people trapped in the house.Photo of Xinhua on the 23rd.It is indicated that fire rescue workers from Sok district have entered the village of Nagun, in the village of Kanthai; In another location, tents are being built by residents and staff. Two images form the basic rhythm of the disaster: while continuing to look for people and finding shelter for survivors.

The affected areas have more civil-structured housing. The break-up of the post-earthquake wall and the damage to the roof, even if it is standing, do not mean that it can be immediately inhabited. Firefighters told the media that residents had been hit by a rock in the course of their escape. In the aftermath of the aftershocks, the need to return home to collect food, clothing or livestock supplies can pose new risks. For pastoral families, whether the house can be repaired and how livestock can be settled will also have a direct impact on the next stage of their livelihood.

The campus faces another challenge.Presentation of the Head of the Baqing County High School to the New Kyoto newspaperMore than 1,400 teachers and students were evacuated after the earthquake, with no casualties, but some of the school buildings suffered cracks. The timely evacuation of personnel was worth recording, and the decision to resume the course was not to look at the wall with the naked eye. School structural testing, temporary classroom heating, safe travel of students and the availability of children for school attendance in affected families will be long-term work after the end of the relief.

The authorities have mobilized fire, medical and engineering capacities and delivered tents, folding beds, bedding and heating equipment to the earthquake area.Hong Kong Radio quoted Xinhua as reporting on the amount of relief supplies.I'm sorry. The next step is to have a more detailed public record of how much of the destroyed houses in 339 families must be rebuilt, how the displaced persons are distributed to different settlements, which villages have not yet completed their household assessment, and how relief and reconstruction funds are disbursed. The table records the arrival of the material and only a household check will indicate whether life is actually restored.

The nightfall of 23rd will also fall on Baqing. The first tents were set up and the rescue workers were still travelling through the village road; The news of the disaster should not be left with an updated number of casualties. The most valuable progress in the aftermath of the earthquake is when people affected by the disaster move from tents to safe houses and when they receive support for their repairs.