Death Toll From China Quake Now At 12,000; Countless Remain Missing

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This entry was posted on 5/13/2008 3:40 AM and is filed under Politics '08 - 04.



By AmericasNewsToday.Org staff 

Rescuers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades to reach victims trapped beneath bricks and slabs of concrete. The death toll from the disaster rose Tuesday to nearly 12,000 with thousands more missing, the Associated Press reported.

A day after the powerful 7.9 magnitude quake struck Monday afternoon, state media said rescue workers had reached the epicenter in Wenchuan county — where the number of casualties was still unknown.

The death toll rose to 11,921, said Wang Zhenyao, disaster relief division director at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. At least 4,800 people remained buried in Mianzhu, 60 miles from the epicenter, the AP said, citing local authorities.

The casualty figures were expected to rise and remained uncertain due to the remote areas affected by the quake and difficulty in finding buried victims.

Additional reporting by the Associated Press.  




 

 
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