ound their horns or sirens.
also, the olympic torch relay will be suspended till wednesday, organizers said.
meanwhile, the magnitude of last monday's quake was yesterday revised from 7.8 to 8 by the china seismological bureau.
the death toll from the powerful earthquake rose to 32,477 nationwide as of 2 pm yesterday, while the number of injured reached 220,109, according to the emergency response office of the state council.
rescuers yesterday pulled out more survivors. a woman worker of the local power plant was rescued last night in yingxiu town, sichuan province, 150 hours after the quake. the rescue team spent 56 hours saving yu jinhua.
yesterday afternoon, a 53-year-old man was also rescued in yingxiu, 148 hours after the tremor. the man, shen peiyun, was conscious and was taken to hospital by helicopter.
in the morning, a man named tang xiong was rescued from a collapsed hospital in beichuan county