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Estimated death toll in one Chinese city alone 20,000: report
Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2008 Local Chinese officials estimate the death toll in one city alone, Deyang, will reach 20,000 after the massive earthquake, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The sharp jump in the death toll in Deyang, a city of 3.8 million people, came just before the government raised its confirmed nationwide death toll to 28,881. The government had earlier confirmed 7,568 deaths in Deyang. But officials have estimated that the total death toll from the 7.9-magnitude quake is above 50,000 dead. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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China says quake toll likely above 50,000
Yingxiu, China (AFP) May 16, 2008China said Thursday that over 50,000 people had likely died in the devastating earthquake that hit its southwest as time runs out to save survivors buried in the rubble of broken communities. |
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