China's Killer Quake: death exceeds 12,000

[Motownkid]

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Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000

DUJIANGYAN, China - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang, near the epicenter of Monday's massive, 7.9-magnitude quake.

The Sichuan Daily newspaper reported on its Web site that more than 26,000 people were injured in Mianyang.

The numbers of casualties was expected to rise due to the remoteness of the areas affected by the quake and difficulty in finding buried victims.

There was little prospect that many survivors would be found under the rubble. Only 58 people were extricated from demolished buildings across the quake area so far, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hongwei told Xinhua. In one county, 80 percent of the buildings were destroyed.

Rain was impeding efforts and a group of paratroopers called off a rescue mission to the epicenter due to heavy storms, Xinhua reported.

More than two dozen British and American tourists who were thought to be panda-watching in the area also remained missing.

Officials urged the public not to abandon hope.

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[shimiyu]

12,000 na gyud noh...
the quake was so strong it was felt as far as Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Shangai.
and geologists said it was quite shallow-- just around 10 km.

[chad_tukes]

tsk na unsa naman ni oi. bag-o pa gani to sa Myanmar, karon sa China na sad.

[Motownkid]

mao jud, about a week pa lang gani tong cyclone sa Myanmar, gisundan man pod dayon ani... maau gani dili na communist ang China, kay dili na kaau lisod magpadala ug relief goods.

[carbrill]

louya oi... lisud jd kaau na sa mga rescuers and mo hatud ug relief good kay sakit jd kaau kay maka fel ka sa ila sufferings... i am one of them nakasuway nako unsa feeling...

[neox30]

hapit na tingali end of the world nho

[neox30]

maayo ang mga insik pa uli on sa china kay ang naga da'g samok diri sa pinas

[ram_hot]

Kusog kaau ang linog oie, nka.feel man gane mi sa linog... magdonate man ang HongKong Gov't og 350M hkd sa mga victims sa quake....

[ryan]

the guy upstairs has not been happy the last few days has he...cyclones in burma, tornadoes in the US and now this.

[comptech21]

grabe ni nga balita...cge pa gyud ni ug saka...mas daghan pa gyud namatay