10 dead as dam collapses in typhoon-soaked area
By Dong Zhen |
August 11, 2012, Saturday
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A DAM collapsed early yesterday morning in Zhoushan City of east China's Zhejiang Province and killed at least 10 people, including a 12-year-old girl.
The local government said 10 villagers had been confirmed killed and 27 others injured by late afternoon and a search was underway for villagers still believed missing.
The dead villagers included four men and six women. One was a 12-year-old girl, Li Qin, the youngest of all the victims, and two men aged 46 and 47. The others killed were senior citizens, aged 74 to 87, according to a name list provided by local government yesterday.
The 28.5-meter-high flood-control dam at Shenjiakeng reservoir, containing 180,000 cubic meters of water, burst about 5am. The flood devastated Zhongduan Village, where most of the victims were believed to have lived. It also caused damage to a third of the villages around the reservoir, survivors said.
The houses in the village are all wooden and very old. Most village residents are seniors and migrant workers renting cheap houses.
An expert team arrived to repair damage to the dam to control flooding, according to Xinhua news agency.
The province was lashed by heavy downpours over several days with the arrival of Typhoon Haikui, which landed there early Wednesday morning before moving to neighboring Anhui Province.
The local government vowed to continue efforts to locate missing villagers, though the number who may be missing was not disclosed.
The local government said 10 villagers had been confirmed killed and 27 others injured by late afternoon and a search was underway for villagers still believed missing.
The dead villagers included four men and six women. One was a 12-year-old girl, Li Qin, the youngest of all the victims, and two men aged 46 and 47. The others killed were senior citizens, aged 74 to 87, according to a name list provided by local government yesterday.
The 28.5-meter-high flood-control dam at Shenjiakeng reservoir, containing 180,000 cubic meters of water, burst about 5am. The flood devastated Zhongduan Village, where most of the victims were believed to have lived. It also caused damage to a third of the villages around the reservoir, survivors said.
The houses in the village are all wooden and very old. Most village residents are seniors and migrant workers renting cheap houses.
An expert team arrived to repair damage to the dam to control flooding, according to Xinhua news agency.
The province was lashed by heavy downpours over several days with the arrival of Typhoon Haikui, which landed there early Wednesday morning before moving to neighboring Anhui Province.
The local government vowed to continue efforts to locate missing villagers, though the number who may be missing was not disclosed.
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