🏔️ Saturday Series: Episode 9 – The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake 🏔️ On May 12, 2008, a 7.9 earthquake ripped through Sichuan, China. Mountain valleys shook apart, entire towns collapsed, and landslides dammed rivers into dangerous quake lakes. Nearly 90,000 lives were lost. #SaturdaySeries #DisasterEdition #Earthquake #Sichuan #2008 #ChinaHistory | Above The Norm News

26K views · 635 reactions | How can anyone not appreciate a dog. They will do anything for us. Even our Sri Lankan community dogs, though they are not trained like these dogs, they protect neighbourhoods from thieves, drug dealers etc.. There are many dogs currently helping to find the people who are buried under the rubble after the tragic earthquake in Thailand and Myanmar. Video credit - Jaojore on Tik Tok | Otara Gunewardene | Facebook

46K views · 157 reactions | Writer Alai was among the first volunteers to arrive at the epicenter after an earthquake hit Sichuan Province in Southwest China on May 12, 2008, causing tens of thousands of deaths and widespread damage. Ten years on, Alai wrote the novel In the Cloud in which, using a poetic narrative, he attempts to come to terms with the earthquake's aftermath. #TheArtBeat #SharedFuture10Years #TheNewSilkRoad | China Plus Culture | Facebook

236K views · 1.4K reactions | "We searched for a long time ... we still couldn't find my daughter." The 2008 Sichuan earthquake killed a generation of children. Their parents still want answers. | South China Morning Post | Facebook