China scrambles to help five million displaced by quake

Schools slowly opened Wednesday in some of China's newly formed tent cities, where the government is struggling to shelter many of the 5 million people left homeless in last week's earthquake.

The camps, like one at the base of Qianfo Mountain in the disaster zone, offer some stability - along with food, medical care and even classes for children.

China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in. With hope virtually extinguished of finding more survivors amid the devastated towns and villages of mountainous Sichuan province, soldiers and relief workers focused on the desperate plight of those displaced.

Nine days after the 8.0-magnitude quake, the official number of people killed is 40,075 but tens of thousands of others are still missing, raising fears the death toll could yet soar dramatically.

China has deployed a massive military force into Sichuan and their initial campaign to find people under the rubble has now largely transformed into looking after the five million who lost their homes in the disaster.

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