Donkeys take villagers to safer ground
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ALMOST 200 villagers have been relocated after a massive landslide on Wednesday killed 35 people at a village in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Residents from 60 households in Yecheng County spent seven hours walking or riding on donkeys on a narrow pass to arrive at a neighboring village.
Rescuers and machines are still heading to the village after the only major road to it was finally restored by 4pm on Saturday. Helicopters were mobilized to drop clothes, blankets, water and food for villagers.
Hudbardi Halmuz, 75, was among those evacuated.
He and his family narrowly escaped tragedy by running onto a hillside when the landslide occurred. “Our beautiful village was ruined,” he said.
Uxurhan Barat, 30, was receiving treatment at Yecheng County People’s Hospital. He had his right limb amputated.
“Hearing a boom and people crying and shouting ‘run, run,’ I was hit by a falling roof before realizing what had happened,” he said. His three children were swept away by the mudflow.
The landslide, brought on by unusually heavy rain, buried or damaged dozens of houses and cut off roads, electricity and telecommunications, complicating rescue efforts and making it hard to follow the progress of the disaster and rescue work.
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