A powerful quake hits southwest China

BEIJING (AFP) - - A powerful earthquake struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwestern China, flattening schools and homes and killing more than 100 people, according to early estimates.

(Source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080512/tts-china-quake-a73cdd6.html)

According to news on China website, China Sichuan Deyang was badly hit too.
　　四川德阳部分校舍垮塌学生被埋 伤亡情况不详
　　新华网成都5月12日电（记者肖林）四川省地震局说，受汶川地震影响，德阳市实古镇中心小学、莹华镇中心小学和中学、八角镇中心小学、洛水镇中心小学的教学楼倒塌，一批学生被压埋，人员伤亡情况不详。　　
　　当地通信、电力系统中断。

(Source : http://news.sohu.com/20080512/n256807813.shtml)


We sincerely hope that our friends in Deyang Foreign Languages School (DFLS) are all doing fine. Hopefully they could quickly recover from this natural disaster.