Potres magnitude 7,1 pogodio je u utorak sjeverno podnožje Himalaja u blizini jednog od najsvetijih gradova Tibeta, te oštetio zgrade oko Shigatsea i natjerao ljude na ulice u susjednom Nepalu i Indiji.
🚨#TIBET: Here is footage from CCTV showing the destruction from the powerful earthquake in Dingri County, Shigatse City in Tibet. There are dozens of fatalities.pic.twitter.com/dB9duqcne0
Pristižu snimke, a broj mrtvih raste, zasad je riječ o najmanje 53 poginule i još 62 ozlijeđene osobe. Potres je prouzročio rušenje stotina zgrada i u tijeku je potraga za preživjelima.
Scenes of destruction and houses collapsed in Tingri, Tibet after today's earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale.
According to media, 53 people have been killed and the number could rise.
Mnoge su se zgrade srušile u blizini epicentra, a prema dosadašnjim podacima riječ je o tisuću stambenih objekata.
དིང་རི་ལ་ས་ཡོམ་བྱུང་ནས་མི་༣༦རྐྱེན་འདས་སུ་སོང་བ།At least 35 people have been reported dead after a powerful earthquake in Tingri County of Shigatse City in Tibet. China’s central news confirmed 9 people dead, but on Weibo, several sources confirmed that 36 people have died #Tibetpic.twitter.com/YJYOzp6yDd