China quake toll could soar to over 50,000: Xinhua

babylonsister

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Thu May-15-08 06:38 AM
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China quake toll could soar to over 50,000: Xinhua

Source: Reuters

China quake toll could soar to over 50,000: Xinhua
Thu May 15, 2008 7:31am EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from China's massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters.

Already some 20,000 are confirmed dead as a result of Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake, but tens of thousands more remain buried in rubble in areas of the worst-hit province of Sichuan that rescuers are only just beginning to reach.

(Reporting by Guo Shipeng; Writing by Lindsay Beck)

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP23973420080515

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Lone_Star_Dem

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Thu May-15-08 12:09 PM
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1. I'm in disaster overload.

Between this and the Red Cross estimation of up to 128,000 dead in Myanmar I'm just numb.

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babylonsister

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Thu May-15-08 12:56 PM
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2. I hear you. Me, too, and we're just watching from afar. The number

has probably increased since this was posted. :(

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