China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 05/15/2008 - 7:03pm

A Chinese man walks past roads damaged by falling debris near the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008.<br /><br />China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)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.



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