The death toll from a Monday earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has climbed to 9,219, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The 7.8-magnitude quake has left 9,219 people dead in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the ministry said in a release issued at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Of the killed, 8,993 were in Sichuan, 132 in Gansu, 85 in Shaanxi, eight in Chongqing and one in Yunnan, the ministry said.
The tremor also leveled some 500,000 rooms in the affected areas.
Meanwhile, the ministry said strong winds and hailstorms lashed Hubei, Hebei and Jiangsu provinces from Sunday evening to early Monday morning, affecting more than 630,000 people.
Source:Xinhua
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