"National Television, coming up now, a set of emergency news. This morning, at 11:28 a.m., a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Wenshu County, Yizhou City, Bashu Province. The Central Committee of the Party and the State Council have already convened an emergency meeting. Comrade Leng Yunfei, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and Premier of the State Council, took a special plane to the earthquake zone just one hour after the earthquake occurred. Next, please watch the report sent back from Bashu by our station's reporters!"
This was the urgent news broadcast by the national television station within three hours after the earthquake.
News of the earthquake spread, shocking the nation instantly. The masses, with many relatives in Bashu, started calling their friends and family, but at this moment, there was no communication.
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