2 bodies found at slide site as 97 still buried
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June 30, 2010, Wednesday
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RESCUERS yesterday recovered bodies of two people from the scene of a rainstorm-triggered landslide, and 97 others were still buried in the disaster in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The bodies were was found late yesterday under debris in Dazhai Village in Anshun City's Guanling County, said a spokesman of rescue headquarters.
The headquarters corrected the number of buried villagers from 107 to 99 early this morning after further checks. Some villagers were previously thought missing but later found alive.
The villagers were buried by about 1 million cubic meters of mud since Monday afternoon and their chances of survival were said to be "slim."
"The landslide lasted only two minutes, without any warning. It was very difficult for the villagers to escape," said an official with the Guizhou Work Safety Bureau.
Around 3pm yesterday, 10 excavators entered the site after rescuers removed debris from the landslide which fell onto the roads leading into the village.
However, rescuers made slow progress due to a combination of adverse factors, said Luo Rongbin, deputy mayor of Anshun City who led the rescue work.
The high likelihood of additional landslides resulting from persistent rains, a confined workspace and the soft ground added significant difficulties to the rescue work involving about 1,100 workers, he said.
More than 1,000 nearby villagers have been evacuated and over 500 more are waiting to be relocated, said the headquarters officials.
Wu Guangxiang, 59, a resident from Bawan Village near the scene of the landslide, and her grandson, were evacuated to a resettlement area on Monday night. The local government has provided milk, biscuits, bottled water and instant noodle to the evacuees.
"The noodles were tasty. But I wonder when I could return home," said Wu as she took shelter in a tent.
A new round of downpours hit Guizhou again yesterday. It affected 166,200 people, collapsed 265 more houses and caused additional economic losses of 40 million yuan (US$5.9 million), according to the provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Further, 2,560 people in five villages were trapped in water as deep as 1.5 meters at Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture yesterday, officials said.
Torrential rains have also plagued Guizhou's neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
A rain-triggered landslide hit Xiaopingshan Town at 2:20pm yesterday, killing two villagers.
The bodies were was found late yesterday under debris in Dazhai Village in Anshun City's Guanling County, said a spokesman of rescue headquarters.
The headquarters corrected the number of buried villagers from 107 to 99 early this morning after further checks. Some villagers were previously thought missing but later found alive.
The villagers were buried by about 1 million cubic meters of mud since Monday afternoon and their chances of survival were said to be "slim."
"The landslide lasted only two minutes, without any warning. It was very difficult for the villagers to escape," said an official with the Guizhou Work Safety Bureau.
Around 3pm yesterday, 10 excavators entered the site after rescuers removed debris from the landslide which fell onto the roads leading into the village.
However, rescuers made slow progress due to a combination of adverse factors, said Luo Rongbin, deputy mayor of Anshun City who led the rescue work.
The high likelihood of additional landslides resulting from persistent rains, a confined workspace and the soft ground added significant difficulties to the rescue work involving about 1,100 workers, he said.
More than 1,000 nearby villagers have been evacuated and over 500 more are waiting to be relocated, said the headquarters officials.
Wu Guangxiang, 59, a resident from Bawan Village near the scene of the landslide, and her grandson, were evacuated to a resettlement area on Monday night. The local government has provided milk, biscuits, bottled water and instant noodle to the evacuees.
"The noodles were tasty. But I wonder when I could return home," said Wu as she took shelter in a tent.
A new round of downpours hit Guizhou again yesterday. It affected 166,200 people, collapsed 265 more houses and caused additional economic losses of 40 million yuan (US$5.9 million), according to the provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Further, 2,560 people in five villages were trapped in water as deep as 1.5 meters at Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture yesterday, officials said.
Torrential rains have also plagued Guizhou's neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
A rain-triggered landslide hit Xiaopingshan Town at 2:20pm yesterday, killing two villagers.
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