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A summary of the questions posed by the Newsvine community, and the corresponding answers provided by Adrienne Mong, NBC News' Beijing Producer.

Thanks for the opportunity, Adrienne.

The death toll in China is almost unfathomable. Obviously the toll is sure to climb even higher - but by how much? I know it would be nearly impossible to accurately depict what the future holds for the earthquake's body count, but if you could make a guess, where would it lie?

Good luck over there and my best wishes to all those affected.
-Brandon Kiser

Hi Brandon - thanks for taking part. I'll be here for the next couple of hours to answer (or try to answer!) questions about the quake.

I don't think anyone could guess the final count, but very early on the Chinese authorities said they thought the death toll would exceed 50,000. The number missing as of today is nearly 34,000 so it's probably not too difficult to expect the final death count will be 80,000 or thereabouts. A key challenge for relief/rescue workers has been to reach some of the more remote villages. We've all heard about towns like Beichuan (which is the town that was so destroyed it most likely will be rebuilt somewhere else) or Yingxiu (near the epicentre and where the majority of its 10,000-odd residents were killed). But there are tens of thousands of small communities -- with as few as a few dozen residents -- littered all over the mountainside. And given that Sichuan is so densely populated - nearly 90 million people - it's not surprising the death toll would be so high.

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