英语新闻︱四川泸定6.8级地震已造成72人遇难，救援刻不容缓

The death toll from a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit Luding county in Sichuan province on Monday had risen by Tuesday evening to 72, with damaged roads, aftershocks and rain hindering rescue work, which led to an upgrading of the emergency response to the second-highest level.

截至9月6日晚间，四川泸定6.8级地震已造成72人遇难，由于道路受损、余震不断、天降大雨致使救援工作受阻，国家地震应急响应级别提升至二级。

Thirty-eight people were killed in Luding in the Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture, and the other 34 were in Ya'an city.

地震已造成甘孜州40人遇难、雅安市34人遇难。

Fifteen people were missing and 253 were injured in Ganzi, including five in critical condition and 70 seriously injured, according to a news conference held by the information office of the Sichuan provincial government on Tuesday.

9月6日下午，四川省“9.5”泸定地震抗震救灾省市（州）县前线联合指挥部第二次新闻发布会通报，截至9月6日14时，地震已造成甘孜州15人失联、253人受伤（其中危重伤5人，重伤70人）。

Houses and roads in Ganzi were severely damaged, power supplies to six townships were cut off, and one medium-sized and six small hydropower stations were severely damaged. More than 10 aftershocks have been recorded since the initial quake, according to the Ganzi prefectural government.

据甘孜州政府消息，甘孜州房屋、道路受损严重，6个乡镇供电中断，1座中型水库水电站、6座小型水库水电站严重受损。余震不断，已发生3.0级及以上余震10次。

The Office of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have upgraded the emergency response to the earthquake, which took place at 12:52 pm on Monday, to Level II, the second-highest level in the four-tier emergency response system.

9月5日12时52分，国务院抗震救灾指挥部办公室、应急管理部将国家地震应急响应级别提升至二级。

All-out efforts have been made in the search and rescue operations. As of 8 am on Tuesday, more than 6,650 people, including members of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force, firefighters, communication workers and medical personnel, as well as nine helicopters, had been sent to the quake zone.

截至9月6日8时，累计出动解放军和武警部队、消防救援、森林消防、安能集团、安全生产、交通通信电力、医疗救援等各类救援力量6650余人以及9架直升机。

Around 1,900 soldiers from the PLA's Western Theater Command were sent to help with earthquake relief and rescue work as of Tuesday morning.

截至目前，中国人民解放军西部战区已出动官兵、武警和民兵1900余人投入抗震救灾。

A front-line command group reached the town of Moxi, the epicenter of the earthquake, after traveling overnight for six hours. The group established contact with local governments and emergency management departments to gather details of the situation and implement a unified response, the theater command said.

西部战区前方指挥组经过近6个小时的夜间长途机动，抵达震中甘孜州泸定县磨西镇后，积极与地方政府、应急管理部门沟通联系，掌握震情灾情动态信息，实施统一指挥。

On Monday afternoon, the Western Theater Command tasked affiliated authorities, including the PLA Ground Force and PLA Air Force, the Sichuan Provincial Military Command and the Tibet Military Command, with immediate rescue operations and told them to stand by for further mobilization.

9月5日下午，西部战区联指中心联动四川省军区展开灾情处置，指令战区陆军、战区空军、西藏军区、西宁联勤保障中心等单位做好出动准备。

Medical workers with relief materials, including tents, power generators and flashlights had reached the hard-hit town of Detuo, which is 20 kilometers from the epicenter, said Luo Chukai, deputy head of the publicity department of the Luding county committee of the Communist Party of China. He added that power supplies had yet to be restored in the town.

泸定县委宣传部常务副部长罗楚凯表示，医护人员已经携带帐篷、发电机、手电筒等救援物资抵达受灾严重的泸定县得妥镇，得妥镇电力供应仍未恢复。

Local residents were living in tents or had been evacuated to schools nearby, said Luo, who was in the town to assist with disaster-relief efforts.

罗楚凯介绍，得妥镇居民已疏散到应急避险点的帐篷以及学校之中。目前罗楚凯在镇上协助救灾工作。

Sichuan has allocated 50 million yuan ($7.18 million) in relief funds to Ganzi and another 50 million yuan to Ya'an, according to the information office of the provincial government.

截至目前，四川省财政厅已向本次地震受灾的甘孜州、雅安市调度资金共1亿元。

记者：黄志凌蒋成龙

aftershock

英[ˈɑ:ftəʃɒk]；美[ˈæftərʃɑk]

n. 余震

affiliated

英[əˈfɪlieɪtɪd]；美[əˈfɪlieɪtɪd]

adj. 隶属的

v. 使隶属于（affiliate的过去式和过去分词）;接纳;使发生联系

evacuate

英[ɪˈvækjueɪt]；美[ɪˈvækjueɪt]

v. 疏散，转移，撤离;排空（胃肠）