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04-19-2010, 12:04 PM
China quake death toll rises to nearly 2,000
April 19th, 2010
CNN
The death toll from last week's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in northwest China has risen to 1,944, state media said Monday.
An additional 12,315 were injured in the quake Wednesday in Qinghai province.
Of the injured, 1,134 are in serious condition, the Xinhua news agency said.
Since the quake struck the country's Tibetan region, rescuers have been working around the clock to pull survivors from the rubble.
The earthquake toppled about 15,000 homes in and around the impoverished county of Yushu, and caused more than 100,000 people to flee the area.
Qinghai province is home to about 5 million people and is considered a gateway to Himalayan Tibet.
About half its people are Han Chinese, but the area is home to more than 40 ethnic groupings, including Tibetans, Hui and Mongols.
April 19th, 2010
CNN
The death toll from last week's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in northwest China has risen to 1,944, state media said Monday.
An additional 12,315 were injured in the quake Wednesday in Qinghai province.
Of the injured, 1,134 are in serious condition, the Xinhua news agency said.
Since the quake struck the country's Tibetan region, rescuers have been working around the clock to pull survivors from the rubble.
The earthquake toppled about 15,000 homes in and around the impoverished county of Yushu, and caused more than 100,000 people to flee the area.
Qinghai province is home to about 5 million people and is considered a gateway to Himalayan Tibet.
About half its people are Han Chinese, but the area is home to more than 40 ethnic groupings, including Tibetans, Hui and Mongols.