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Horrific details emerging from China earthquake..

The truely catastrophic scale of Monday's earthquake in China is becoming more apparent as reports are emerging from military and police that have entered the area of the quake's epicenter. The head of one police unit said, "Some towns basically have no houses left. They have all been razed to the ground" The small town of Yingxiu has been practically wiped off the map, with only 2,300 people surviving from its population of 10,000. The main focus of rescue efforts is currently on people trapped under collapsed building, where the difference between life and death can be a matter of minutes. The death toll from the quake has mounted 20,000, but is steadiliy increasing as more reports come in. It is China's worst earthquake since 1976, when a quake killed 240,000 people.


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