>>>沪江汶川地震专题 

WENCHUAN, Sichuan, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The situation in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's massive earthquake, was worse than expected with traffic cut off and children buried in debris, according to local government officials who trekked into the area.

新华社汶川讯——交通阻断，儿童被埋，地方政府官员艰苦跋涉到汶川时，发现灾情比想象的更加严峻。

Only some 2,300 people out of the town's population of more than 10,000 survived the quake, and more than 1,000 of the survivors were badly injured, said He Biao, deputy secretary-general of the Aba prefectural government.

据阿坝州应急办主任何飚称，超过一万人口，只有2300人安然无事，超过千人身受重伤。

He cited other officials -- including three vice governors of Aba (Bai Licheng, Wu Zegang and Li Chuan) -- who were in Yingxiu at present.

阿坝州许多官员目前都亲临汶川映秀现场。

Survivors desperately needed medical help, food and water, the officials were quoted by He as saying.

幸存者急需医疗救援，食品水源严重缺乏。

Cries for help were heard from under the debris of a local school, but people had to dig with their hands, since blocked roads were preventing rescue teams and machinery from reaching the site.

当地一所学校的废墟下，音乐可以听到孩子们传来的呼救声。但是由于道路受阻，救援队和机械不能进入，人们只能徒手挖开瓦砾。

"The situation in Yingxiu is even worse than expected," said an official on duty in the Aba government, citing the three vice governors.

阿坝州政府官员称，映秀灾情比想象的还要严重。

The official said the vice governors trekked into Yingxiu after many hardships and several close brushes with death.

副州长徒步走了很多路，几近艰险才成功进入映秀乡。

Rocks were still rolling down from the mountains on Wednesday. The highway linking Yingxiu and Dujiangyan City was totally paralyzed and a bridge on the highway had collapsed, hampering the arrival of rescuers.

周三，石块仍旧从附近的山上滚下来。映秀至都江堰段公路全线瘫痪，一架桥梁坍塌，阻碍救援队前进。

He said that he had managed to contact the vice governors at 7 a.m. on Wednesday but the phone went dead as they were speaking.

何飚称，早上七点他试图和在场官员联系，但是信号突然中断。

>>>沪江汶川地震专题