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County struggles to recover

By Tang Yue in Ya'an, Sichuan and Peng Yining and He Na in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-22 07:22

County struggles to recover

An injured resident is moved to a temporary shelter at Lingguan middle school in Baoxing county. Photos by Xue Yubin / Xinhua

Although Baoxing was badly hit by Saturday's earthquake, the physical damage in the mountainous county was compounded by a failure of communications, a power outage and roads rendered impassable by fallen rocks. For many hours, Baoxing, just 30 kilometers from the quake's epicenter in Lushan county, was one of the most isolated places in the province.

County struggles to recover

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