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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Nargis

Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis) was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar).^[6] The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 80,000 fatalities with a further 56,000 people still missing.^[7] However, Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead and some have estimated the death toll may be well over 100,000.^[8] Damage is estimated at over $10 billion (USD), which made it the most damaging cyclone ever recorded in this basin. It was also Burma's worst natural disaster overall, as well as being the deadliest.^[9]

Nargis is the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin, as well as the second deadliest named cyclone of all time, behind Typhoon Nina of 1975. Including unnamed storms, Nargis is the 8th deadliest cyclone of all time, but an uncertainty between the deaths of Nargis and other cyclones, like the 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone could put Nargis as 7th deadliest or higher, because deaths are still being reported. Nargis was the first tropical cyclone to strike the country since Cyclone Mala made landfall in 2006.

The United Nations projects that as many as 1 million were left homeless; and the World Health Organization "has received reports of malaria outbreaks in the worst-affected area."^[51] Yet

out of population of 55 million

1/55 = 2% death rate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (Chinese: 四川大地震), which measured at 8.0 M_s according to the China Seismological Bureau, and 7.9 M_w according to USGS, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC) on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China. It was also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: 汶川大地震), after the earthquake's epicenter in Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with a depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi).^[2] The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing (1,500 km away) and Shanghai (1,700 km away), where office buildings swayed with the tremor.^[5] The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries.

Official figures (as of May 22, 10:00 CST) state that 51,151 are confirmed dead, including 50,651 in Sichuan province, and 288,431 injured.^[4] Tens of thousands are missing, approximately 14,000 of them buried, and eight provinces were affected.^[6] The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless.^[7] It was the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed over 240,000 people.

Fifty-two major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.4 to 6.0, were recorded within 72 hours of the main tremor.^[8] Preliminary rupture models of the earthquake indicated displacement of up to 9 meters along a fault approximately 240 km long by 20 km deep.^[9] The earthquake generated deformations of the surface greater than 3 meters^[10] and

300 km shake map

According to Chinese state officials, the quake caused 51,151 known deaths including 50,651 in Sichuan province, 29,328 people were missing, and nearly 300,000 injured, but this figure may increase as more reports come in.^[4] This estimate includes 158 earthquake relief workers who had been killed in landslides as they tried to repair roads.^[55][56]

One rescue team reported only 2,300 survivors from Yingxiu, out of a total population of about 9,000.^[58] 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan county, Sichuan province alone, 10,000 injured and 80% of the buildings were destroyed. 8 schools were toppled in Dujiangyan.^[59] A 56-year-old Taiwanese tourist was killed in Dujiangyan during a rescue attempt on the Lingyanshan Ropeway, where due to the earthquake 11 Taiwanese tourists had been trapped inside cable cars since May 13.^[60] A 4-year-old Taiwanese was reported dead, and one missing.^[4]

Rescuers search for survivors around a building in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 17, 2008.[Agencies]

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300 km shake zone

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Hopes Dwindle in Finding More China Quake Survivors
By Stephanie Ho Beijing 18 May 2008

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More than six days after a powerful earthquake struck southwestern China, hopes are dwindling that more trapped people will be found alive. The official death toll so far is more than 32,000, but is expected to surpass 50,000. China has begun three days of national mourning. As Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing, Chinese leaders have repeatedly said saving human lives is their number one priority.

A rescue helicopter flies over damaged buildings and debris following Monday's powerful earthquake in Beichuan, southwestern Sichuan province, China, 18 May 2008

More than 60 earthquake survivors were rescued in the disaster zone Saturday, but by Sunday, the numbers had fallen. Chinese media reported at least one successful rescue Sunday morning - a man recovered from a collapsed hospital in Beichuan.

Reporter Daniel Schearf said after the earthquake,
Beichuan looks like a war zone.

"My first image, when I turned the corner into the town, was just a pile of twisted rubble and concrete. It was a hill, it was a mountain, of what used to be buildings, and it just seemed to stretch on forever," he said. "I don't know how to describe it. It just seemed very surreal."

One rescue worker in Beichuan, Luo Tanfei, says his team, which includes sniffer dogs, has saved 10 people in different locations since the huge earthquake struck the region Monday.

Earthquake survivors carrying their belonging, evacuate to higher ground from center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, Sichuan province, 17 May 2008

But he says he does not have too much hope of finding more survivors in that part of the city because they have not found any more traces of life.

Chinese disaster relief efforts include nearly 150,000 soldiers, who have been actively supporting emergency work.

People's Liberation Army leaders spoke to reporters in Beijing Sunday, and emphasized that soldiers are facing hardships and working together with ordinary Chinese people.

Air Force Major General Ma Jian also made reassurances that all of China's nuclear facilities in the area are safe.

Rescuers search for earthquake survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, 17 May 2008

"Shortly after the earthquake hit, we have sent teams of the armed police and PLA men to ensure that these facilities are under very strict protection measures and there is no problem involved here," general Ma said.

The Chinese government has allocated nearly $560 million (four billion RMB) for earthquake relief. Donors, inside and outside of China, have already contributed $860 million in money and goods.

China's Ministry of Agriculture says the quake has damaged 33,000 hectares of farmland. At the same time, the tremor has led to the deaths of 12 .5 million heads of livestock and poultry, which health officials say pose a major sanitation risk.

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A Chinese woman mourns near two student's bodies pulled out from a collapsed school in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	A Chinese woman holding a child and an umbrella cries near the site of a school collapsed following Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A Chinese man mourns the death of a student near the site of a school that collapsed in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	Chinese residents mourn near the bodies of students retrieved from a school that collapsed in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Local residents walk past in destroyed buildings in the earthquake-affected Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **	Local residents run to get away from fallen rock in aftershock in the earthquake-affected Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
Rescue workers carry out a young boy from the rubble of a collapsed house in Dujiangyan, a close city to the epicenter of the earthquake, in southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, relief soldiers carry out the wounded in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
Rescue workers pull out a young girl from under the rubble of a collapsed school in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a wounded girl receives medical treatment at a makeshift ward in the earthquake-affected Liangping County, Chongqing, southwestern China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Chan)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, cars are buried in the debris of collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Monday May 12, 2008. State media reports that the death toll from a powerful earthquake in central China has climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Hai)	** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** Residents look on as a body recovered from a collapsed school is carried away in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province,Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a wounded resident, center, lies on a bed to receive treatment after Monday's powerful earthquake, in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. State media reports that the death toll from the earthquake in central China has climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Chuanhao)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers try to help a stranded student out of the debris at Wudu Primary School at Hanwang town in Mianzhu city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. China state media says that 10,000 people "remain buried" in rubble in Mianzhu near the epicenter of Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the country. (AP Photo/Xinhua, He Junchang)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, quake victims are seen in Dujiangyan city of southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 13, 2008. A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants in central China on Monday, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hou Dawei)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, local residents take shelter after a powerful earthquake in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. State media reports that the death toll from Monday's earthquake in central China has climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Chuanhao)
In this photo released China's Xinhua News Agency, residents rest near collapsed building in Mianzhu, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) from Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants in central China on Monday, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yuan Jian)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, residents take shelter in tents after a 7.9-magnitude quake, in Dujiangyan city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Monday, May 12, 2008. The powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants in central China on Monday, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yuan Jian)
Local residents stand on a road after an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, newly born babies are moved at a hospital after an earthquake occurred in Nanchong, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo / Cheng Chaosheng, Xinhua)
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers try to save wounded students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	A crack on an apartment building is seen following a massive earthquake in Lanzhou in northwest China's Gansu province, Monday, May 12, 2008. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China, killing at least 107 peoples. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
Chinese women cry on a street after an earthquake strike in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	Hospital patients wait outside after an earthquake in Fuyang, in China's Anhui province Monday, May 12, 2008. A powerful, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday, killing five people when two primary schools and a water tower collapsed, state media reported. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Chinese students help a fainted classmate evacuate to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	Chinese students evacuated to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, people look upwards after running out of high buildings in Nanjing, northwest China, after a powerful, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Yuqing)
Residents run on a debris-covered road following an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, citizens donate blood for the wounded after an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo / Xiao Lin, Xinhua )
Rescuers search for victims in the debris of a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks to people buried at a ruined hospital in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo / Yao Dawei, Xinhua)
Rescuers search for victims in the debris of a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	People take care of patients outside a hospital after it was evacuated following an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo / Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
Chinese Pemier Wen Jiabao picks up a shoe and a schoolbag at a destroyed school in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo / Yao Dawei, Xinhua)	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a man tries to find usable things among the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, the debris of collapsed buildings can be seen in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo / Zheng Yue, Xinhua)	People take care of patients in a shelter outside a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo / Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, medical personnel prepare to give an emergency treatment to the wounded students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	People evacuate office buildings after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2008. A 7.5-magnitude quake struck central China on Monday and was felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam. Thousands of people evacuated buildings in Beijing, some 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the epicenter. The quake struck 57 miles (92 kilometers) northwest of the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. It said the 7.5-magnitude quake was centered 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) below the surface. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A female patient, looks on, outside a hospital after the earthquake, in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 7,600 people and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school, state media reported. (AP Photo/Color China Photo, HO) ** CHINA OUT **	Nurses take care of patients at a temporary aid post after they were evacuated from a hospital after an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, residents talk about the just happened earthquake near the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	In this photo taken on Monday May 12, 2008 and distributed the official Xinhua news agency, shown are the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan City of southwest
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Yi)	In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, people rush to rescue students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
A man walks down a staircase full of debris inside a hospital after an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, and Communist Party leaders arrange relief work of the earthquake during his flight for the disaster area on Monday May 12, 2008. Premier Wen flew into southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon and left straight for the quake-hit county of Wenchuan to oversee rescue work there, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)
Chinese people gather on a street after an earthquake in Chongqing, China, Monday, May 12, 2008. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China Monday, killing at least 107 peoples. (AP Photo/EyePress) ** CHINA OUT **	Chinese people gather by the road after an earthquake evacuation from the buildings in downtown Beijing on Monday, May 12, 2008. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday, damaging buildings and roads and causing some injuries, the local government reported. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a street in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province in southwest China, is covered by water after a water pipe blew out during an earthquake on Monday May 12, 2008. A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked central China on Monday, shaking buildings and spreading panic in cities as far away as Beijing and the business hub of Shanghai. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Yi)	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, medical personnel give emergency treatment to an injured baby in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo / Zheng Yue, Xinhua)
People take care of patients outside a hospital after it was evacuated following an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo / Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, residents gather on a street in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou province, after an earthquake jolted the region on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang Ying)

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Students smile in a new aseismic classroom of Zundao Primary School in Mianzhu of south China's Guangdong province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. China's first aseismic primary school started classes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**	Parents hold photos of their children during a memorial service for students killed in last week's earthquake at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. Parents held a memorial ceremony Wednesday for the more than 130 students killed when their school collapsed in a massive earthquake on May 12. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A resident walks past earthquake damaged houses at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)	Earthquake survivors set up temporary tents after losing their houses in last week's earthquake in Hanwang town in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Medical personnel pay their condolences to earthquake victims as a collapsed school is demolished in Beichuan, in China's southwest Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. More schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	Two Chinese students, who survived last week's quake, cry while holding a Harry Potter book belonging to a victim, at a collapsed school in Beichuan China's southwest Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. More schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Workers walk past the ruins of the Hongda Group Ltd. chemical factory at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province, Wednesday May 21, 2008. The factory was one of a number which collapsed when the area was hit by a powerful earthquake on May 12. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)	Workers stand near the ruins of a fertilizer factory at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The factory was one of a number which collapsed when the area was hit by a powerful earthquake on May 12. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
A man carries a dead dog right after he killed it suspected to carry disease following last week's earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	A member of a South Korean rescue team uses a sniffer dog to search for bodies in the ruins of a sewerage treatment plant at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. The team of 41 rescue experts arrived in China on May 16, four days after a powerful earthquake devastated the region. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a contingent of militia commando help the evacuees descending the steep slope inside the dense woods in Anxian, southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday, May 19, 2008. After nearly 10 hours of treking, some 38 militia of the 3rd batch of relief commando of the Neijiang City Military Subcommand each loaded with 20-kg loads of relief materials finally broke through the way to once cut-off Chaping Village of Anxian County and succeeded in their mission of delivering materials and evacuating villagers. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Zhongjun)	Residents collect their belongings from earthquake damaged houses at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, blue tents set up for residents who lost their homes in the earthquake on May 12, are seen on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in the quake-hit Nanping Town in Pingwu County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Junchuan)	Devastated urban area in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province is seen Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, construction workers work on a resettlement site for the victims of the May 12 quake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. A resettlement residence project has started here on May 17 and is expected to be ready on May 27, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jianmin)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, workers at Yangzi Air Conditioner Co. in Chuzhou, east China's Shanxi Province, prepare mobile tent air conditioners to be transported to quake-hit areas in southwest and northwest China on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. The company has produced 350 air conditioners of the kind and will donate to quake victims, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jiaguo)
A policeman kills a dog with a pistol in an attempt to prevent epidemic after the earthquake in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday May 20, 2008. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **	Residents cook a meal at a temporary shelter beside a railway track at Yinghua, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Tuesday May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Zipingpu dam discharge its water for safety, in quake-hit Wenchuan, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY NORTH AMERICA **	Cracks run on the top of quake-hit Zipingpu dam, near broken railings in Wenchuan, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY NORTH AMERICA **
A young Chinese child looks on while participating in outdoor games for children at a temporary camp set up for those affected by last week's earthquake in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	A Chinese man checks for fake money notes in donated cash for earthquake victims in an office of Red Cross Society of China in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Foreign countries heeded China's plea for medical aid for earthquake survivors, sending doctors and a portable hospital to help treat nearly 250,000 injured people, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
Residents sleep in the main square in Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province early Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Many residents slept outdoors after new warnings of a possible aftershock measuring magnitude 6 to 7. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	Chinese residents carrey their belongings as they evacuate their homes to go to an open-air area, after they received a warning about a 7.0 magnitude aftershock predicted by the Chinese authorities in Mianyang, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, late Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman sits beside the ruins of her home in An County, in China's southwest Sichuan province Monday May 19, 2008. China began three days of mourning Monday for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, exactly one week after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)	Residents wash in a river near temporary shelters for earthquake survivors, in Xiushui, in China's southwest Sichuan province Monday May 19, 2008. China began three days of mourning Monday for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, exactly one week after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
A traffic police officer offers three minutes of silence for Sichuan earthquake victims as the vehicles are stopped Monday May 19, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Flags flew at half-staff, public entertainment was canceled and 1.3 billion people were asked to observe three minutes of silence Monday as China began three days of mourning for victims of the country's massive earthquake. (AP Photo)	A Beijing taxi driver cries while standing beside his car honking his horn for three minutes to honor the victims of last week's devastating earthquake, Monday, May 19, 2008. Across the country traffic stopped and people stood in silence at 2:28 PM, the one-week anniversary of the quake. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
This Friday May 16, 2008, photo, distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, shows a dead student's hand holding a pen tightly in the debris site of Dongqi Middle School in Hanwang Town of quake-hit Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Zhongjun)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers carry survivor Jiang Yuhang after pulling him out of a building collapsed following Monday's earthquake at Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Jiang was pulled free shortly after his mother arrived from a neighboring province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Hongjing)
Parents grief near the tomb of their young girl who died after a school dormitory collapsed following Monday's quake in Muyu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, May 18, 2008.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	Bai Yushan, second from left, grieves near the branch-covered burial mound of his grandson Tian Chao who died after a school dormitory collapsed following Monday's quake in Muyu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, May 18, 2008.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, people run during an emergency evacuation due to the flooding risks in the quake-hit Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in Monday's powerful temblor. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang Lei)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, villagers evacuate from their hometown in Qingchuan County due to the flooding risks in the quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in Monday's powerful temblor. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tao Ming)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a relief worker from Taiwan Province uses life-detection equipment to search for survivors in the debris of the quake-hit Hanwang Township of Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	A rescuer pulls out a body from the rubble of a collapsed building, five days after the quake in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Residents stand in a street after an aftershock from the recent earthquake in Chengdu China's Sichuan province, China, Sunday, May 18, 2008.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	Residents stand on a sidewalk after an aftershock in Chengdu China's Sichuan province, China, in the early hours of Sunday, May 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, the first tanker car of the damaged freight train is pushed outside the No. 109 tunnel of the Baoji-Chengdu railway by rescue workers in Fengxian County, north China's Shaanxi province, on Sunday May 18, 2008. The first car of a freight train, derailed and trapped by the earthquake that heavily hit neighboring Sichuan province, was removed from the tunnel in the morning of May 18, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, /Ding Haitao)	A member of a Japanese Disaster Relief Team gestures, at rear, as Chinese soldiers carry away the body of an earthquake victim the Japanese team recovered from the Beichuan Middle School, in Beichuan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Sunday May 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
A rescuer walks past a giant rock which has flattened a car next to partially damaged buildings in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	Chinese locals uses trolley to carry a victim as they evacuate the disaster area while the soldiers look on in Beichuan county, southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Survivors, bottom left and right, gather near the aftermath of a mountain collapse that swallowed up Donghekou village and two other village near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and hundreds of residents were completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	Residents stand on the highway and view the aftermath of a mountain collapse that swallowed up Donghekou village and two other villages near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and some hundreds of residents are lost, completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Two men look out from the devastated highway destroyed by a landslide near the area where a mountain collapse swallowed Donghekou village and two other villages near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and some hundreds of residents are completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)	A family member grieves while burning incense for dead relatives buried by a mountain landslide that swallowed Donghekou village and two other villages near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and some hundreds of residents are lost, completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Rising water levels at a lagoon formed after river runoffs are trapped by a mountain collapse that swallowed three villages and is threatening residents downstream in Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and some hundreds of residents are lost, completely buried after Monday's quake.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan	A family returns to find their devastated home, one of a few who can salvage any personal possessions, because most homes in the village are completely covered by a mountain landslide which swallowed up the rest of the Donghekou village near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred households and some hundreds of residents are lost, completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Rescue team members rest from their labours of searching for earthquake survivors in Beichuan county, Southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	Earthquake survivors carrying their belonging evacuate the disaster area in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman cries while she looks at a picture of her daughter, who is lost, trapped under the rubble of a collapsed school following Monday's powerful earthquake in Beichuan county, Southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	Medical staff fill spray canisters with disinfect chemical in Beichuan county, Southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008, as the authorities try to prevent the spread of diseases in quake areas. Some thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman reacts, after the body of her relative was discovered under a collapsed building, five days after the quake in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	A quake survivor tries to make the most of the part of his home which remains usable as he works in the remains of the kitchen among the rubble of a collapsed Houses in the town of Yinghua, southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, May 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People looks on as rescuers works at the rubble of a collapsed building, five days after the quake in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	A man is dwarfed by the aftermath of a mountain collapse landslide triggered by an earthquake that swallowed up Donghekou village and two other villages near Qingchuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Around a hundred household and hundreds of residents are completely buried after Monday's quake. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Two residents, one carrying a wedding picture of their relatives and and other belongings, evacuate the disaster area in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. The man in the wedding image was killed in Monday's earthquake. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A woman mourns over the body of her relative as his body was discovered under a collapsed building, five days after the powerful earthquake in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Residents look on as rescuers work at the rubble of a collapsed building, five days after the powerful earthquake in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	A local resident, left, tries to collect his belongings from collapsed building following Monday's earthquake in Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. The confirmed death toll rose Saturday to 28,881, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin said. The government has previously said at least 50,000 people were believed killed in Monday's powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Bian Geng Feng, 31, is carried on a stretcher after she was rescued from the ruins of a chemical factory in the quake-hit town of Yinghua, in Shifang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Bian was successfully rescued on Saturday, five days after she was trapped amid concrete following Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Hai)	In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, quake survivors line up to get clean water from a fire engine in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang Ying)
Chinese soldiers applies medical oil during their break after searching for earthquake survivors and victims at a collapsed school in Beichuan county, Southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a volunteer tends to an injured baby subtly with an umbrella against the sunshine, at the Central Hospital of Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Friday May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cheng Heping)
A building damaged by Monday's quake is seen in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	Local residents along with a Chinese soldier make their way on a road covered by rocks and debris following Monday's earthquake in Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. The confirmed death toll rose Saturday to 28,881, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin said. The government has previously said at least 50,000 people were believed killed in Monday's powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people injured in Monday's earthquake receive medical treatment inside a makeshift clinic in Heishui county neighboring the quake-hit areas of Wenchuan, Lixian and Maoxian, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, He Junchang)	A resident carries a baby to get off a truck as he evacuates for higher ground, near the epicenter of Monday's quake in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Two residents walk on a damaged bridge at the quake-hit area in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	Residents walk against the quake-hit site in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A man retrieves pieces of wood from his collapsed house to build a temporary shelter in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Saturday May 17, 2008. Thousands of people are living in temporary shelters as aftershocks continue five days after a massive earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)	A dead body is seen at the rubble of collapsed buildings at quake-hit Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Residents watch information about earthquake recovery efforts on a TV outside a temporary shelter in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Saturday May 17, 2008. Thousands of people are living in temporary shelters as aftershocks continue five days after a massive earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)	Children cover their noses while evacuating the disaster area in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Earthquake survivors carrying their belonging, evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)	Thousands of residents and soldiers evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Residents walk past rubble of a collapsed as rescuers search for earthquake survivors in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A dead body lays under a tree while rescuers continue to search for earthquake survivors in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Rescuers search for earthquake survivors in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	Damaged buildings stand amongst debris following Monday's powerful earthquake in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	Soldiers help residents as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, survivors are transferred by a ferry in the quake-hit Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Friday, May 16, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jianmin)	An eight-year-old student is carried by soldiers after he was found in a school some five days after Monday's deadly quake, as rescuers continue to search for survivors in Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
In this photo combo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Penghua Village in Mianzhu is shown on August 11, 2006, above, and then after this week's devastating quake on Friday, May 16, 2008, bottom. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)	Desks are seen in the ruins of a school destroyed Monday's earthquake, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Saturday May 17, 2008. China is to launch an investigation into why almost 7000 schoolrooms were destroyed and thousands of children killed in the earthquake, after accusations that the schools were shoddily built. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front, walks past debris during an inspection in Muyu Township, Qingchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The popular hero of China's earthquake rescue effort isn't a strapping firefighter or a seasoned cop, it's the country's bespectacled premier who's been clambering over piles of rubble to rally victims in the hardest-hit areas. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)	A student from another school looks through books found in the ruins of the Juyuan Middle School, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Saturday May 17, 2008. All but a handful of the school's 900 students were killed when the school collapsed in Monday's earthquake. China is to launch an investigation into why almost 7000 schoolrooms were destroyed and thousands of children killed in the earthquake, after accusations that the schools were shoddily built. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
A couple cry at the county of Yingxiu, hard hit by a massive earthquake, west of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. Rescuers held out hope of finding more survivors Saturday, nearly five days after a powerful earthquake ravaged China's Sichuan province, and authorities prepared for the daunting task of housing and feeding millions left homeless. Officials have said the earthquake's final death toll could reach 50,000. (AP Photo/EyePress) ** CHINA OUT **	In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, an aerial view shows a destroyed village and factories in quake-hit Shifang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fan Jian)
Survivors wait to get on board boats leaving the county of Yingxiu, hard hit by a massive earthquake, west of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Rescuers held out hope of finding more survivors Saturday, nearly five days after a powerful earthquake ravaged China's Sichuan province, and authorities prepared for the daunting task of housing and feeding millions left homeless. Officials have said the earthquake's final death toll could reach 50,000. (AP Photo/EyePress) **CHINA OUT**	In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, an aerial view shows quake-smashed villages besides a highway between Mianzhu City and Shifang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fan Jian)
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, wounded people wait to be evacuated by helicopter at the quake-hit Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province, on Friday May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jianhua)	A 51-member rescue team from Russia arrives at the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, rescuers give first-aid to survivor Li Qingsong, who reportedly ate paperboards for living while being trapped in debris for 105 hours, at the Yingfeng chemical plant in quake-hit Shifang City, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Friday May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhong Min)	Rescuers carry the injured to a helicopter at Yingxiu Township in the epicenter Wenchuan in Aba Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
A Chinese man carrying his mother on his back in a basket takes a rest on a fallen rock on the way to a shelter following Monday's powerful earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) relief supplies bound for earthquake victims in China are loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Friday May 16, 2008. The Air Force cargo jet loaded with tents, lanterns and 15,000 meals is flying to China to assist victims of Monday's magnitude 7.9 earthquake in China. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Rescuers evacuate the victims at the earthquake-hit Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**	A man searches for victims in the debris of collapsed buildings in earthquake-hit Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**
Victims settle in temporary tents at the Agricultural University in Dujiangyan of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)**CHINA OUT**	Soldiers evacuate the victims on a landslide-blocked road at Yingxiu Township in the epicenter Wenchuan in Aba Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) ** CHINA OUT **
A relative of earthquake victim cries after her mother's dead body was found near the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)	In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a Chinese rescuer carries a 90-year-old Malaysian tourist towards a waiting helicopter in Maoxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Friday May 16, 2008. The tourist had been stranded in the scenic spot in Sichuan after Monday's devastating earthquake, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)