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Up to 50,000 are feared dead according to most recent reports from China's state-run media agency.

China is organizing 30,000 additional troops to join 50,000 soldiers and police already in the region, to help dig for victims buried in the rubble, as well as bring food, water and medical treatment to survivors. 15,000 are confirmed dead since Monday's 7.9 earthquake rocked the Sichuan province, but estimates of up to 26,000 are feared still trapped.

After China's reluctance to accept foreign aid workers for two days, it's being reported that China has agreed to allow Japanese rescue experts in to assist with relief operations. China's top disaster relief official responded to criticisms as to why foreign aid was being refused by saying that conditions weren't right to allow them in. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid...

Landslides, damaged roads, and flood risks have hampered rescue efforts.
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10 responses // China scales up rescue efforts for quake victims

  • http://current.com/items/88952436_this_was_not_a_natura...
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    Aricsqueen links to an article from the Guardian in which local Chengdu residents blame shoddy construction for the collapse of school buildings and also claim that 'it wasn't a natural disaster.'

    mattbrawn
  • http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.quake...
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    CNN has a lot of video (it's good quality of course, but it doesn't feel right to call them "good videos") of the destruction, the recovery efforts etc.
    Tori
  • The thought of so many people being buried is terrifying. 18,600 known to be buried and 60, 000 missing - I can't imagine the stress and heartache their families and friends are going through.
    ksimpson
  • watch this comment being used here, here, here, here, here and here

    It really seems the World is falling apart at the moment, all these natural disasters happening at the same time. At least there is aid being delivered to these survivors.
    swizzylions
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    I cried just looking the pictures, it makes me want to jump through the screen and start pulling away the concrete. I truely feel for the parents waiting for a sign of their childrens survival. the horror they must experince when they discover their own didn't make it out alive. My heart goes out to all who suffer in this time off crisis.
    starlightblue
  • Its weird, in a way that all these horrible things are happening to the world. We are all human beings, when is the time going to come when we can put all our differences aside and look towards the bigger enemies, such as global warming. If we keep this up, humans will end up destroying each other.
    dmass5
  • It all seems like a movie happening somewhere out in nowhere land. I hope we are not such a desensitized society that we accept it as just another world catastrophe. Real people with real feelings struggling out there.
    sueathome
  • Mother Earth is really going through some changes
    furryjenn
  • http://current.com/items/88952534_the_china_quake
    Fatalities have tallied over 15,000 in an industrial city that was reduced to a living situation most closely resembling a refugee camp. As national guards continue rescue efforts in rain drenched rubble, the potential for after-shocks has driven most families from their homes. Access to any type of building or upright structure still standing is prohibited by Chinese officials. Without shelter, citizens unable to evacuate the area sleep in plastic bags to keep dry.

    Check out some footage of residents of Wenchuan as they react to the devastation.
    derk
  • http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1316227,00...
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    The developers of the newly built schools that collapsed face death if they are found to have poor construction. Apparently 7,000 of the 200,000+ buildings that were destroyed were schools, many recently built, costing lives of so many children. And with the one-child policy, this is adding extra heartache. Do you think developers should face death penalty though?
    abbym0308

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