云南丽江抗震救灾记实

AID TO QUAKE-AFFLICTED LIJIANG PEOPLE

1996年2月3日19时14分19秒,一场大劫难突然降临玉龙雪山脚下的历史文化名城丽江。短短几秒钟,天崩地裂,房屋倒塌,尘土飞扬,大地震发生了。据国家地震台网测定,丽江大地震为里氏7.0级,震源深度为10公里,属主震余震型。地震中心在人口稠密的丽江坝子,位于东经100°13′,北纬27°18′,地震波及丽江、迪庆、大理、怒江四个地州,受灾人口约100万,其中重灾民32万。震中的丽江县城内,地震造成全城断电断水,许多钢筋混凝土建筑物被震裂,文化宫电影院房顶震塌,新落成的红太阳酒店墙体多处震裂。丽江古城大研镇及金山、黄山、白沙等乡镇灾情十分严重,有的村庄房屋全部倒塌,夷为平地,

At 19 hours 14 minutes 19 seconds on Feburary 3, 1996, a disasterous earthquake of 7.0 degrees of magnitude scale tore apart Lijiang of Yunnan Province、one of China's towns of cultural and historical importance. Of the afflicted 1,000,000,320,000 were made homeless. Casualties amounted to 17,000,with 309 persons dead and 3,700 seriously injured. 900,000 houses were demolished,120,000 heads of livestock crashed to death and 30,000,000 kilograms of grains lost. Direct losses totalled 40,000,000,000 RMB yuan. Within a few minutes after the major quake, CPC's Yunnan Committee and Yunnan Provincial Govemment have collected concemed information. They jointly made a complete firstaid plan and instructed the CPC committees and govemments at lower levels and PLA units stationed in Yunnan to mobilize for emergent rescue measures. In the meantime, the central govemment sent a group headed by vice-premier Wu Bangguo to the disaster-ridden areas within 24 hours to visit the homes and instruct rescue work. Other parts of the country stood up to support the afflicted people either by donations or other means. So did the international community: quite some nations or organizations appointed fund or material donations to the areas. Owing to the arduous work on the part of govemments and people at different levels, social orders have been maintained and people gradually calmed down. PLA men rescued a large number of trapped people, including 20 foreign tourists from Hutiao Gorge in the upper reaches of the Changjiang. On March l, the day when students return from vacation, all the primary and middle schools in the areas had opened their classroom doors. At the moment, the afflicted areas are recovering from the disaster in an accelerated pace.