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Chinese soldiers rest from efforts to recover bodies after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to more than 1,000 and the hopes of finding more survivors faded. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk among disaster relief tents set up at the No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed the remote section of northwestern China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang He)
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A Chinese soldier rests on his shovel during an effort to dig out victims a mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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In this July 8, 2010, photo, shipping containers are off-loaded at the Port of Miami in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This NOAA satellite image taken on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Depression 5 spreading across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of an Emergency Ministry Beriev Be-200 amphibian multirole jet flying a water drop over forest fires in Russia's Ryazan region, some 111 miles southeast of Moscow, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
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This Aug. 5, 2010 satellite image provided by NASA shows an ice island that has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland. A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles (260 sq. kilometers) _ more than four times the size of New York's Manhattan Island. (AP Photo/NASA)
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A press conference sponsored by Alaska Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski was held in support of opening ANWR, the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, to oil drilling, in the Senate in Congress in Washington DC, on Friday, October 28, 2005. ( Roey Yohai / The Washington Times )
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In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Liu Ma Shindan is transported by rescuers in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Liu Ma Shindan, 52, was rescued after being trapped for more than 50 hours following landslide, Xinhua reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Hongxiang)
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Rescue workers and residents search for victims after a mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A rescue worker yawns as he stands with a colleague amongst the remains of a collapsed building after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Chinese man uses his shirt to cover from the stench as others carry a corpse across the rock and debris left by Sunday's mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Chinese man grieves over his loss while being comforted by others after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo)
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Chinese rescue workers prepare to search for survivors after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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In this photo taken on Aug. 9, 2010, a Chinese man uses a hammer to knock his damaged house down in the mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo)
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Chinese residents grieve after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese soldiers attempt to pry open the concrete wall of a building that collapsed after Sunday's mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese soldiers use a life detecting device to search for survivors in a building that partially collapsed after Sunday's mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese residents grieve amongst the rocks and debris after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Chinese man rests near a damaged building as rescue workers search a neighboring building after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
