Rain forecast could hamper quake relief in China (AP)
AP - Forecasts of rain added to worries Sunday about relief efforts to house millions of people left homeless by China's massive earthquake nearly two weeks ago.
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)
AP - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.
Quake Death Toll Could Hit 50,000 (The Post Chronicle)
As of late afternoon Thursday, 19,509 deaths in Sichuan province in southwestern China had been confirmed with tens of thousands more injured or missing,...Source : The Post Chronicle (subscribe)
China quake death toll could rise to 50,000 (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.
China quake death toll could hit 50,000
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
China says quake toll could rise above 50,000
WENCHUAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble.
China says quake toll could rise above 50,000 (Reuters)
Reuters - The death toll from China's
massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media
reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors
and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble.
State TV: China quake death toll could hit 50,000 (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
China warns quake toll could reach 50,000
China's state TV has said that the death toll from this week's massive earthquake could reach 50,000, news agencies have reported. Officials put the official death toll at 19,500 but warn it could soar as more and more bodies are pulled from the ruins of destroyed cities.
China quake toll could soar to over 50,000: Xinhua
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.
State TV: China quake death toll could rise to 50K (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.