Drone footage captures destruction after China deadly earthquake

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Drone footage captured the scale of devastation in a county at China's northwest province of Gansu on Wednesday (December 20), days after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted the region, destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 131 people.

Images taken on Wednesday showed numerous damaged homes in Dahejia county, many with collapsed roofs and large piles of rubble surrounding the buildings. A cluster of blue tents which served as disaster relief shelters for residents displaced by Monday's (December 18) earthquake also stood out in the quake-stricken area.

In Gansu, 113 people had been found dead as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday (0100 GMT), and 782 were injured, authorities said. The death toll in neighbouring Qinghai province rose to 18 with 198 injured as of 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.