Landslide in China: 4 dead and 53 missing

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Landslide in China: 4 dead and 53 missing




Four people died, three were injured and 53 are missing, the Chinese civil affairs ministry said after a landslide in Sichuan on Thursday due to heavy rain in the southwestern province. China.

According to Chine Nouvelle, the accident occurred around 3 a.m. (21 p.m. Wednesday) in Kangding County, some 200 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Chengdu, in a mountainous inhabited area by Tibetan ethnic minorities in particular.
“The heavy rains yesterday and today caused the landslide. We have set up a control center which coordinates the rescue operations, ”explained a telephone manager of the Center for emergency situations in Garze, the prefecture.

The ministry also announced that 97 people were "stranded" after the "pouring of mud and stones". According to Chinese media, these trapped people are nevertheless safe. According to the ministry, all of these people were working on the construction of a dam for a hydroelectric plant.

In September 2008, at least 277 people died in a landslide in northern Shanxi caused by the collapse of a mine tailings reservoir. It had overflowed after torrential rains.

Sichuan, for its part, was hit by a disaster last year: in May 2008, an earthquake of magnitude 8,0 left nearly 87.000 dead and missing there.

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13 other people are reported missing since Sunday evening. South and central China have been mainly affected by the floods since the start of the rainy season.

The city of Liuzhou, in southern Guangxi province was flooded in early July (Sipa)

The city of Liuzhou, in southern Guangxi province was flooded in early July (Sipa)
Torrential rains in southwest China claimed the lives of 16 people on Sunday evening July 26. Another 13 are missing, according to the China News service news agency. Miyi County, Sichuan Province, was mainly affected by thunderstorms. 38 people were injured due to inclement weather.
In the rainy season, southern and central China are the regions most prone to flooding. In southwestern Sichuan Province, 250.000 people have been relocated, reports said in mid-July. A total of 6.9 million people were affected by the weather to varying degrees. Official figures, released in early July, show 95 dead and 21 missing due to inclement weather since the start of the year.

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