Emergency relief materials allocated to quake-affected people in Gansu

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A worker distributes a furnace for a resident affected by the earthquake in Zhangguojia Village of Liugou Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023. All-out rescue and relief work are underway amid bitter cold as a 6.2-magnitude earthquake has killed 113 people and injured 782 others in northwest China's Gansu Province, according to a press conference on Wednesday. A total of 87,076 people from 20,457 households have been temporarily relocated to safe places. Emergency relief materials such as tents, quilts, folding beds and moisture-proof mats have been urgently allocated. Steamed buns, instant noodles and other food and living materials have been sent to the affected people to ensure they have enough food and to protect them from the freezing cold. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)