On May 12, 2008, an earthquake that measured magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale struck China's Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. Rescue crews had difficultly in reaching remote, mountainous villages due to blocked roads. The government also had to take resources away from finding survivors and recovering bodies to attempt to patch up cracked dams that, if burst, would flood already suffering towns. The death toll stretched into the tens of thousands in the temblor that was felt all the way to Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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 Hunting Through Rubble |  Impassable Roads |  Praying for the Dead |  Quake Survivors |
 Collapsed Plant |  Helping Survivors |  Searching for Family |  Without Homes |
 Body Found |  What's Left Behind |  Quake Casualty |  Dam Damage |
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