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China reports thousands more deaths
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AN XIAN, China (AP) - The death toll in China's powerful
earthquake has pushed to almost 20,000.
The toll is rising as rescue workers climb their way over
landslide-blocked roads to reach mountain villages that were cut
off.
They're finding towns where 80 percent of the people have been
wiped out.
Helicopters today, helped by a break in the weather, are
airlifting food, water and medicine to survivors.
China's official Xinhua (shin-wah) news agency says rescuers who
hiked into one town today found the devastation "much worse than
expected."
One farmer says he's hungry, but "happy to be alive."
China's prime minister today visited a city where thousands
died. State television shows him visiting survivors in tents and
telling them, "Your pain is our pain."
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