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REGION: Asia-Pacific
TOPIC: Weather & Natural Disasters
Online NewsHour
SLIDE SHOW Posted: May 15, 2008   
Scenes of Rubble, Grief, Worry in China Quake Zone FLASH VERSION
A week after the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Southwest China, the death toll climbed past 40,000, with estimates that some 50,000 others could be dead. Rescuers are still sifting through collapsed schools and offices in hopes of finding more survivors, but their rescue missions are becoming recovery operations as time passes.
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Searching for What is Left, A woman walks across wreckage from the earthquake. While complete numbers are not yet known, media reports estimate that millions have been left homeless by the quake.
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Searching for What is Left
A woman walks across wreckage from the earthquake. While complete numbers are not yet known, media reports estimate that millions have been left homeless by the quake.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
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May 16, 2008
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May 13, 2008
Chinese Ambassador on Quake Disaster, Olympic Protests


May 13, 2008
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May 12, 2008
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May 12, 2008
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External Link: USGS Map of Earthquake Impact




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