Tang Shan earthquake

唐山地震是20世纪世界地震史死亡人数第二的地震，仅次于海原地震，位列20世纪中国十大自然灾害之首。

Tang Shan earthquake

• signs
  • strange things
    • water rose and fall
    • smelly gas
    • chicken and pig were too never to eat
    • dog refused to go inside buildings
    • mice ran out of the fields looking for place to hide
    • fish jumped out of the water
• happening damage
  • damage to the city
    • a huge crack
    • hard hills og rock became rivers of dirt
    • city lay in ruins
  • damage of people
    • two-third of people were dead or injured
    • more than 400,000 people were killed or badly injured
    • thousands of children were left without parents
  • damage to buildings and public facilities
    • all of its hospitals,75% of its factories and 90% of its homes were gone
    • most bridge had fallen or were not safe
    • the railway tracks were now useless piece of mental
  • damage to animals
    • tens of thousands of cow
    • hundreds of thousands of pigs
    • millions of chicken
• rescue and revival
  • the army
    • sent 150,000 soldiers to dig out...bury
  • doctors and nurses
    • came...provide medical care
  • the workers
    • built shelters
  • people from all over the country
    • fresh water were brought into the city by train,truck and plane