The ground was shaking. Theroads were distorted. Themountains collapsed, rainingdown stones. A devastatingearthquake ravaged SichuanProvince on May 12, 2008, followedby more than 30,000 aftershocks.The earthquake affected anarea the size of Spain. It left 69,227 deadand nearly 18,000 missing.
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