Photo: A woman combing her hair at a temporary shelter in Longoutshan township of Ludian country in Zhaotong, southwest China’s Yunnan province. The death toll from an earthquake that devastated a remote region of China jumped to nearly 600 people Aug. 6, authorities said, as volunteer rescuers were warned away; AFP / China Out
The Singapore Red Cross announced today it will contribute USD50,000 ($62,400) to relief operations for the Yunnan earthquake in China, according to Channel NewsAsia.
The contribution will be delivered to the Red Cross Society of China to provide immediate relief supplies such as amenity bags, family essential packs, food, medicine and water to the survivors.
More than 100 Red Cross relief workers are currently onsite to provide rescue services and relief distribution to the affected community in Yunnan, which was hit by a 6.1-magnitude quake on Aug. 3.
