Quake survivors receive rice porridge on ration outside the gymnasium in which they take shelter, in Mianyang, China's southwest Sichuan Province, yesterday. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the five million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose yesterday to more than 40,000. - AP

CHENGDU, China (AP):

China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the five million people, whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose yesterday to more than 40,000.

Meanwhile, rescuers pulled a 31-year-old man to safety, the second-known case of someone being found alive a week after the May 12 earthquake struck Sichuan province. Ma Yuanjiang was saved from the debris ofthe Yingxiu Bay Hydropower Plant, where he worked as a director, after a 30-hour rescue effort, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Ma was able to speak and began to eat small amounts of food, colleague Wu Geng told the agency.

The confirmed death toll increased to 40,075, said the State Council, China's Cabinet. Officials have said the final number killed by the quake was expected to surpass 50,000.