海地地震8名中國(guó)維和部隊(duì)士兵被埋

Eight soldiers of Chinese peacekeeping forces in Haiti were buried and more than 10 were missing after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon, Liu Xiangyang, deputy chief of the National Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Team told China Daily Wednesday.

中國(guó)駐海地維和部隊(duì)中有8名士兵在13日清晨發(fā)生的地震中被埋，另有10名士兵失蹤。國(guó)家地震災(zāi)害緊急救援小組負(fù)責(zé)人劉向陽(yáng)(音)在地震發(fā)生后告訴記者。

A 7.0-magnitude quake hit the Caribbean island country at 4:53 pm local time on Tuesday, collapsing numerous buildings including the Presidential Palace. The earthquake may lead to thousands of deaths, said Karel Zelenka, a Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince.

當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間本周二下午4:53，加勒比海島國(guó)海地發(fā)生里氏7.0級(jí)地震，導(dǎo)致包括總統(tǒng)府在內(nèi)的無(wú)數(shù)建筑倒塌。太子港的一名天主教救援隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)人稱，此次地震可能導(dǎo)致上千人死亡。

China sent a 50-member rescue team to Haiti and they will set off on Wednesday.

中國(guó)已經(jīng)派出一支50人的救援小組前往海地震區(qū)。

China has dispatched 125 peacekeepers to Haiti, including six females.

中國(guó)在海地的維和部隊(duì)共125人，包括6名女性。