Report: Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours

CHENGDU, China (CNN) -- A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 41,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal.

The official Xinhua news agency identified her as Wang Youqun, a retiree, and said she had been unconscious for a day when a falling girder hit her head in the May 12 quake, The Associated Press reported.

She was apparently trapped in a landslide that swept away a temple in the city of Pengzhou and was initially able to move, but a later aftershock trapped her between two rocks, according to AP.

Her dramatic discovery came hours after rescue teams pulled two men men from the rubble in Sichuan province. Watch Wang Youqun receive medical care »

One of the men was found in a mine in Qingchun county and a second in a hydroelectric plant in Wenchuan county, state-run media reported.

They had been buried for six days and 20 hours and seven days and 11 hours, respectively, according to China's Xinhua news agency.

The rescues give a glimmer of hope amid the rising daily death toll. Official figures show the number of victims has risen to 41,353. The government reported injuries to 274,683 people, with another 32,666 missing. Watch footage from quake refugee center »

The U.S. announced Tuesday it would send a shipment of specialized recovery equipment and a team of specialists to southwestern China this week. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said more than $815,000 worth of additional assistance would be sent to China.

That brings the total USAID assistance to China to more than $1.3 million. Last weekend, the United States sent U.S. Air Force C-17s carrying aid to China, including tents and generators.

After signing a sympathy book with the first lady at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, President Bush vowed to "stand ready to help in any way the Chinese government would like."

However, strong aftershocks and fears of flash flooding and landslides have been hindering the rescue efforts. Sichuan Seismological Bureau warned residents Monday that a strong aftershock was likely to happen in the province, Xinhua reported.

The bureau said there was a bigger possibility of the aftershock between Monday and Tuesday as it warned local government and people to take precautions. Watch dramatic footage of the quake striking Sichuan province »

"You expect to see aftershocks following a major earthquake," said Susan Potter, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado, "but they become less frequent and smaller as time goes on."

Potter said the USGS did not issue aftershock predictions.

State media showed people camping on the streets and in city squares after the government-issued aftershock warning.

Chinese seismologists measured a 5.4 magnitude tremor at 2:06 p.m. Monday, Xinhua reported. Watch pandas recovering after the quake »

Mud flows buried more than 200 relief workers who were working to repair damaged roads in the Sichuan province, Xinhua reported Monday afternoon.

The earthquake severely disrupted power and communication facilities in the Sichuan province, but Chinese officials said they had made major progress in restoring service.

The quake was the worst tremor to strike China in three decades; a 1976 earthquake killed more than 250,000 people.

CNN's Yuli Yang contributed to this report.

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