On Monday, May 12 2008, an earthquake hit China killing nearly 9,000 people. it was said that it was ” one of the worst earthquake in the decades.”(ap.google.com) The earthquake also destroy small cities and towns. they said the “raising fears the overall death toll could increase sharply.”(ap.google.com) The last home for the great pandas  was hit by the earthquake . They said that “80 percent of the surviving wild population in China.” (ap.google.com)A lot of people lost their life in China do to the earthquake. For some time they had trouble getting any content from people outside. They had  no power, running water, or anything in China. Some of the people seat outside of the hospital waiting until  it was their try.

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