Chinese quake death toll rises to 1,339

YUSHU, China, April 17 (UPI) -- The death toll from a massive earthquake in northwest China has risen to 1,339, rescuers said Saturday.

Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, reported 332 people still missing and 11,849 injured, 1,297 severely.

Hundreds of victims were cremated in Gyegu, the hardest quake-hit town in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu.

The quake left thousands of people without food and homeless, sleeping outside at night in freezing temperatures, the BBC reported.

Authorities said the chances of finding more people alive under rubble is growing unlikely and stressed the need for more food, tents and medical supplies.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged "all-out effort" to rebuild the devastated area.