The number of dead is expected to go up as rescuers reach more hard-hit areas.

当救援人员开始更为严重地区的搜救时，死亡人数会继续上升。

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Thousands of aftershocks have set back efforts to clear roads to quake-hit areas.

清理通往灾区道路的工作也因为数千次余震而受到影响。

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He plans to travel to some of the hardest hit areas, including the Irrawaddy Delta.

他计划前往一些重灾区，包括伊落瓦底三角洲地区。

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Many of the world leaders visited some of the worst-hit areas.

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Mr.Ban says he will visit some of the hardest hit areas, including the conflict zone, to assess conditions on the ground .

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Authorities say heavy digging equipment is headed to the worst-hit areas of western Java, but time is running out for scores buried under collapsed buildings and landslides.

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The country singer said he has family very near some of the hardest hit areas.

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This led to the army being called in to stage order-restoring marches through the worst-hit areas.

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In the hardest-hit areas, families are said to be surviving on locusts and grass.

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