CNBC now reporting “deaths and injuries and a school collapsed”....
Earlier ‘nothing to see here’ reports seem to have been somewhat optimistic.....
I am a Chinese and according to my parents who are now in Chengdu, the center of the earthquake is rather a romote region.
There are no serious injuries and death in Chengdu.Some buildings did collapse but few ones got injuried. The situation is more serious in the countryside, where some houses are still builed by clay and wood.
The center of the earthquakr is in Wenchuan, a small town whose population is about 110,000, including the people live in the countryside nearby. However, the situation is not clear because the electronic communication has been destroyed. Let’s hope for the best.