Sichuan Province: Peeking into the horror quake of 2008
Friday, June 02, 2017
Natural disasters often claim thousands of lives and leave those behind with haunting and painful memories for decades. For the people around the mountainous region of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, the memories are still fresh as they live daily with the reminders of May 12, 2008 when a massive earthquake razed nearly everything to the ground.
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