Dazed survivors of China quake spend chilly night in the open
April 15, 2010 -- Updated 0225 GMT "Civilians are scouring over the debris, looking for survivors, looking for whatever else they can find in the rubble," CNN’s John Vause reported from Jiegu, a town of 100,000 people. "It seems that most people here still seem very dazed by what happened. They seem to be walking up and down the streets, looking at the damage and the destruction."
The quake in the mountainous region had flattened homes — many of which were made with wood and earth — and other buildings in Jiegu and elsewhere in Yushu prefecture, a Tibetan region of Qinghai. Many survivors spent Wednesday night in open areas in freezing or near-freezing temperatures.
Almost 1,000 people sat or lay on the ground outside a government sports building in Jiegu, some wrapping themselves with quilts they had taken from the rubble, and others used their own tents, the Xinhua news agency reported.