Quake rescue efforts resume after flood fears
2008-05-18 HKT 00:24
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Rescue efforts in the Chinese
town of Beichuan-the worst hit
by the Sichuan earthquake- are
resuming after a temporary
halt because of flooding
fears. Rescue workers have
been returning hours after a
warning that a blocked river
was about to burst its banks.
The warning caused surviving
residents and rescuers to
scramble for higher ground.
Elsewhere, some people are
still being pulled alive from
the rubble, five days after
the quake. Nearly 29-thousand
people are now known to have
died-but the final figure is
expected to top 50,000.
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