The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is expected to provide satellite images to China as soon as today to assist in damage assessments in earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, a senior defense official said today.
The People’s Republic of China specifically requested imagery of dams, reservoirs, roads and bridges, said Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. Weather permitting and if cloud cover doesn’t hamper the effort, the first images are expected to be delivered today, he said.
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A Canadian college professor, herding ten students, reports to his local news media on how things are going at the heart of quake.
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More reporting about the earthquake in China. NPR has a news crew on-scene, because they were doing a feature piece on the region.
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On-going reporting from China concerning the great earthquake today
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Early blog posts from China and Asia about the earthquake today.
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7.8 earthquake strikes sw China. Hundreds feared killed.
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