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Hopes Fading in Search for Quake Survivors in China
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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BEIJING, China (CNN) China on Monday began three days of national mourning as the death toll from last week's devastating earthquake mounted and rescue workers continued to search for survivors among the rubble (article 18)
Across the quake zone yesterday, rescue teams rushed to isolated mountain villages and previously inaccessible communities, hoping to save those still trapped under the rubble. (article 13)
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. (article 7)
Thousands of earthquake survivors fled tent camps and villages across the ravaged landscape of southwestern China on Saturday after the government warned that several lakes and rivers were getting dangerously close to overflowing because landslides have blocked water flow. (article 1)
DEYANG, China China ordered dozens more helicopters to drop aid into remote areas of quake-hit Sichuan province Thursday as rescuers broke through key roads to the epicenter that had been blocked since a powerful earthquake that has directly affected 10 million people. (article 9)
In the disaster zone, efforts appeared to shift Sunday from searching for buried survivors to clearing corpses from shattered buildings as the government said the confirmed death toll rose to 32,476. (article 23)
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Source articles
- Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake (nytimes.com, 05/18/2008, 840 words)
- Aftershocks raise China's flood danger (boston.com, 05/18/2008, 812 words)
- Sad truth strikes quake survivors (sfgate.com, 05/18/2008, 777 words)
- Hopes Fading in Search for Quake Survivors in China (nytimes.com, 05/19/2008, 950 words)
- China dam cracks 'extremely dangerous' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 1177 words)
- Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 10,000... (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 1506 words)
- Death toll in China quake passes 12K :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 972 words)
- China warns quake deaths could hit 50,000 :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 1194 words)
- Rescuers clear key roads to China quake epicenter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 877 words)
- Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 1234 words)
- In Departure, China Invites Outside Help (nytimes.com, 05/16/2008, 669 words)
- Aftershocks hit China quake area :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 930 words)
- Across the quake zone yesterday, rescue teams rush... (baltimoresun.com, 05/19/2008, 576 words)
- China declares national mourning (BBC News, 05/18/2008, 648 words)
- China mourns earthquake victims (BBC News, 05/19/2008, 642 words)
- China plans 3 days to mourn (boston.com, 05/19/2008, 353 words)
- China to launch three-day mourning period (msnbc.msn.com, 05/18/2008, 1052 words)
- China begins mourning as toll mounts (CNN, 05/19/2008, 34 words)
- China to mourn quake victims (BBC News, 05/18/2008, 161 words)
- Survival of quake victims depends on many factors (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/16/2008, 580 words)
- Pregnant woman rescued from quake rubble :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 05/18/2008, 375 words)
- ABC News: China Holding 3 Days of Mourning for Quake Victims (ABCNews, 05/18/2008, 326 words)
- China declares three days of mourning for quake victims - (baltimoresun.com, 05/18/2008, 589 words)
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