CNN：美国政府欲向中国提供援助

The United States has search-and-rescue teams on standby in Virginia and California, said Ky Luu, the director of foreign disaster assistance for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Washington is also prepared to send a disaster assistance response team if asked, he said.But the quickest way to help would be funding, he said.

美国对外灾害援助署署长Ky Luu称，位于Virginia 和 California的搜索救援队已经待命。如果得到请求，华盛顿也会派出援助队。
但是最迅速的援助方式是资金援助。他说。

The massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed nearly 10,000 people in China and left hundreds trapped under rubble, state run media reported. About 900 students were reported buried under a collapsed school.

China's Seismological Bureau said the quake affected more than half the country's provinces and municipalities.

Luu said Beijing has good disaster-response mechanisms of its own.

据国家媒体报道，中国的这次7.9级的大地震造成了近10000人死亡，数以百计的人被埋在废墟之下。据中国的国家电视台报道，约900名学生被困于一个学校坍塌后的废墟中。
中国地震局称，地震对全中国半数以上的省及地区产生了影响。
Luu称，中国拥有良好的灾害应急预案。