Dozens killed as rains wash away hills
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June 16, 2010, Wednesday
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HEAVY rainfall took a heavy toll across China yesterday.
A massive landslide in southwest Sichuan Province killed at least 23 workers, and another seven were wounded, three of them severely.
A mountain collapse at around 1:25am crushed work sheds at a hydroelectric project construction site in Pengta Town in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the local public emergency command center.
In east China's Fujian Province, rescuers recovered six bodies after landslides and flash floods engulfed two vehicles. But 18 people remained missing, local authorities said last night.
Only seven people have been rescued from the muddy torrents after a bus and a mini-van, which were carrying an estimated 31 people, were swept away Monday noon on a road in the rural mountainous areas in Nanping City.
"But we are still investigating whether the six dead were passengers of the two vehicles," said Huang Xinmin, an official of the Nanping government.
Rescuers found the bus and lifted it from a river yesterday, but they hadn't retrieved any bodies from the vehicle.
Currently, the search continues for the missing people, Huang said.
Strong rainstorms have pounded Fujian since Sunday and triggered landslides in different parts of the province.
In southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 14 people were missing after their houses collapsed in torrential rains that hit yesterday morning, local authorities said.
Heavy rainfall in Wuzhou City caused 19 houses to collapse. Rescuers were searching for the missing residents.
Rain will continue to batter the flood-affected southern Chinese provinces of Hunan and Fujian and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region over the next three days, Chinese meteorological authorities forecast yesterday.
Rainstorms will hit Fujian, southeast parts of Hunan, and central and northern parts of Guangxi until Thursday morning, the National Meteorological Center said.
Rainstorms will also pound eastern Jiangxi Province, western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and southern Guangdong and Guizhou provinces.
A massive landslide in southwest Sichuan Province killed at least 23 workers, and another seven were wounded, three of them severely.
A mountain collapse at around 1:25am crushed work sheds at a hydroelectric project construction site in Pengta Town in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the local public emergency command center.
In east China's Fujian Province, rescuers recovered six bodies after landslides and flash floods engulfed two vehicles. But 18 people remained missing, local authorities said last night.
Only seven people have been rescued from the muddy torrents after a bus and a mini-van, which were carrying an estimated 31 people, were swept away Monday noon on a road in the rural mountainous areas in Nanping City.
"But we are still investigating whether the six dead were passengers of the two vehicles," said Huang Xinmin, an official of the Nanping government.
Rescuers found the bus and lifted it from a river yesterday, but they hadn't retrieved any bodies from the vehicle.
Currently, the search continues for the missing people, Huang said.
Strong rainstorms have pounded Fujian since Sunday and triggered landslides in different parts of the province.
In southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 14 people were missing after their houses collapsed in torrential rains that hit yesterday morning, local authorities said.
Heavy rainfall in Wuzhou City caused 19 houses to collapse. Rescuers were searching for the missing residents.
Rain will continue to batter the flood-affected southern Chinese provinces of Hunan and Fujian and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region over the next three days, Chinese meteorological authorities forecast yesterday.
Rainstorms will hit Fujian, southeast parts of Hunan, and central and northern parts of Guangxi until Thursday morning, the National Meteorological Center said.
Rainstorms will also pound eastern Jiangxi Province, western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and southern Guangdong and Guizhou provinces.
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