China quake rescuers battle landslides CLOGGED roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 192 dead. Huge boulders blocked rescue vehicles along roads leading to some of the worst-hit areas, and some areas were only accessible by foot along broken passes through the rough terrain. Survivors including the elderly were carried out on the backs of neighbours as well as by helicopter, as rescuers were also bolstered by thousands of civilian volunteers who rushed to the area to help. State broadcaster CCTV showed orange-suited emergency workers making desperate dashes past cliff-edges, trying to avoid sudden landslides in a region weakened by more than 2000 aftershocks. Industrial diggers clawed through debris including the mangled remains of cars and motorbikes crushed by tumbling rocks, to clear roads also clogged by huge queues of traffic. The 6.6-magnitude quake which hit Sichuan province on Saturday has left another 23 missing and more than 11,000 injured, local authorities said, while some 17,000 families have lost their homes. Local villager Luo Chengfang, 54, spoke of her relief when her 31-year-old son Luo Shiwei was pulled out from under seven feet of rubble. "I have no home, and no hope for the future, but I was so relieved he came out alive," she said, showing where he was pulled out by rescue workers after he was trapped by the quake while sleeping in his bed. Forecasts of rain in the disaster area raised fears of deadly landslides. "I dare not go anywhere near a mountainside," a woman named Zhu said as she arrived from the devastated village of Baoxing into the centre of the county of Lushan. "Many people are worried that the rain will bring more devastation," she added.