China earthquake death toll passes 400


A woman stands amid collapsed houses at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014 two days after a magnitude 6.1 tremor devastated the once-idyllic mountainside village. - AFP

"Water in the wells is all tainted with mud," said Li Shanyan. "The government distributes a little (food and water), which we give to old people and children first."

Each adult has about a half a bottle of water each day, she added.

"I feel too sad to eat, though there is not much to eat anyway."

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