
On April 14, the quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, struck the county seat of Yushu, a Tibetan prefecture in Qinghai province, killing more than 1,700 people and destroying thousands of buildings. The government and the military have rushed thousands of tents and clothes and provided food and water to residents living in the open air.

Volunteers visited Yushu prefecture in the winter of 1995. In November, five snowstorms struck the area, killed thousands of livestock and bringing temperatures to as low as minus 47 degrees Celsius. More than 60,000 people were in danger of running out of food. The volunteers formed an assessment team and went to the Qinghai plateau, 4,500 kilometers above sea level; they traveled 800 kilometers in seven days. After their assessment, they returned in April 1996 to deliver the aid. They focused on four townships in Yushu prefecture that had been badly hit; they brought highland barley, enough to feed families for two months, and gave money to families that had lost livestock. Highland barley is the staple food of residents of that area.

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