Television footage of Beichuan showed few buildings standing amid piles of rubble in a narrow valley.

NPR: Sichuan Quake Claims 12,000; Rescuers Scrambling

Rescue teams brought people evacuated from the hard-hit town of Beichuan to Mianyang's sports stadium for food and shelter.

NPR: Sichuan Quake Claims 12,000; Rescuers Scrambling

When the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit southwest China on May 12, 2008, Beichuan county was among the hardest hit.

NPR: Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew

In Sichuan's Beichuan County, some 80% of buildings were reported to have collapsed.

ECONOMIST: China

Approximately 80 percent of the buildings in Sichuan's Beichuan County were flattened in the quake, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.

NPR: Earthquake Rocks China's Sichuan Province

The village of some 250 people lost four of their own during the quake - two of whom were in the neighboring county of Beichuan, which was leveled by the quake.

CNN: The story of Yaojin: Rebuilding a quake village

The city of Beichuan is abandoned.

NPR: Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew