Reuters: Concern For Shelter After China Quake Kills 617
The death toll from a
strong earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Tibetan plateau has
climbed to 617, even as convoys of trucks carried in supplies and tents
on Thursday for survivors braving the cold.
As darkness fell, freezing temperatures left little hope for anyone still trapped under the rubble of homes, schools and monasteries Gyegu, known in Chinese as Jiegu, the ruined seat of Yushu county, which bore the brunt of the quake.
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As darkness fell, freezing temperatures left little hope for anyone still trapped under the rubble of homes, schools and monasteries Gyegu, known in Chinese as Jiegu, the ruined seat of Yushu county, which bore the brunt of the quake.
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