Earthquakes jolt mountainous southwest China, killing at least 80
A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China, where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 80 deaths have been reported.
Zhu Yinquan, a teacher, left, tries to comfort a woman who lost her seven-year-old daughter at a school in Friday's earthquake in Yiliang county in southwest China's Yunnan province. Survivors of two earthquakes that killed 80 people in a mountainous area of southwest China are desperately waiting for more aid to arrive as jolting aftershocks keep fears high and hinder rescue efforts.
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