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RC provides emergency reliefs to Yunnan disaster areas


A batch of emergency relief supplies was allocated to quake-affected people in southwest Yunnan Province.

Red Cross Society of China sent a batch of cotton-padded quilts and clothes worth 199,800 yuan to Yunnan from Yunnan Disaster Preparedness and Response Center.

An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale hit Yunnan's west part in the morning of 2rd,Nov., affecting 336,000 people, of whom 28 were injured and 51,000 relocated.

About 500 cotton-padded quilts, 460 cotton-padded clothes and 30 tons of rice were allocated by Yunnan Red Cross to quake-hit areas.

China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on Tuesday sent 30,000 cotton-padded quilts and 30,000 cotton-padded clothes to quake-affected people in southwest Yunnan Province on Tuesday.

Yunnan provincial government allocated 4.5 million yuan of relief funds. The provincial civil affairs bureau and the local authorities in affected areas delivered a total of 2,500 tents, 5,000 cotton-padded quilts and five tonnes of rice to quake victims.

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