China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless : AP

According to the Associated Press, the deathtoll from the earthquake in China has topped out at 40,000 people.


What is suprizing is that China is accepting aid from foreign countries, something the country has had difficulty doing in the past. Like in the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake which claimed the lives of approximately 242,000 people.


Hopefully the aid can get there in time to save more lives.