Death toll up to 82 in China’s Sichuan

According to state media on Thursday, the death toll from China’s Sichuan has risen to 82, after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern Chinese province on Monday.

Reports indicate that the quake – the strongest to hit the province since 2017 – has injured more than 270 people, while 35 are missing.
Authorities have reopened roads to the epicenter of the quake at Luding after the town was rattled by a 2.9 magnitude aftershock late on Wednesday.

Weather forecasters issued an orange warning, the second highest, for possible geological disasters in Luding, which can include landslides. A less severe yellow warning was issued for central and western Sichuan.
In China’s four-tier weather-warning system, red represents the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.