Hope lost for landslide victims
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July 5, 2010, Monday
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RESCUERS gave up searching for survivors yesterday one week after a rain-triggered landslide buried 99 people in a southwest China village.
They said the chances of anyone surviving were slim in the continuing hot weather.
Only 42 bodies have been recovered but rescuers said it was unlikely that any survivors would be found.
Police cordoned off the landslide-hit Dazhai Village in Guizhou Province yesterday and disinfectant was sprayed to prevent disease outbreaks.
Excavators that had been combing the ruins for six days left the site as trucks carrying disinfection materials and vaccines arrived.
Rescuers said that finding survivors seven days after the disaster was almost impossible and the lingering heat added pressure to prevent disease outbreaks.
The landslide happened at 2:30pm on June 28 in Dazhai Village after days of heavy rain.
A total of 952 people living in nearby areas have been evacuated safely.
Most are now in more than 500 tents at two resettlement centers, officials from the rescue headquarters said.
Supplies of food, drinking water and other daily necessities at the centers remain sufficient, said Zhen Yanchi, deputy head of the provincial civil affairs department.
Meanwhile, workers were strengthening a building about 8 kilometers away from the landslide site to accommodate resettled people.
"Although anti-epidemic measures had been adopted in all the tents, the hot weather might easily trigger diseases, so we want to relocate the villagers," Zhen said.
The county hospital also sent medical personnel to take care of pregnant women and infants. Officials said more than 160 items of children's clothing had been distributed at the resettlement centers.
To prevent the outbreak of disease, 188 medical workers have disinfected an area of 10,000 square kilometers around Dazhai Village.
After days of aerial examination, workers with the land and resources department have found 25 sites at risk of possible landslides in a 90 kilometer area around the site.
Experts and officials are working on plans to shore up buildings or relocate a total of 2,497 local people.
They said the chances of anyone surviving were slim in the continuing hot weather.
Only 42 bodies have been recovered but rescuers said it was unlikely that any survivors would be found.
Police cordoned off the landslide-hit Dazhai Village in Guizhou Province yesterday and disinfectant was sprayed to prevent disease outbreaks.
Excavators that had been combing the ruins for six days left the site as trucks carrying disinfection materials and vaccines arrived.
Rescuers said that finding survivors seven days after the disaster was almost impossible and the lingering heat added pressure to prevent disease outbreaks.
The landslide happened at 2:30pm on June 28 in Dazhai Village after days of heavy rain.
A total of 952 people living in nearby areas have been evacuated safely.
Most are now in more than 500 tents at two resettlement centers, officials from the rescue headquarters said.
Supplies of food, drinking water and other daily necessities at the centers remain sufficient, said Zhen Yanchi, deputy head of the provincial civil affairs department.
Meanwhile, workers were strengthening a building about 8 kilometers away from the landslide site to accommodate resettled people.
"Although anti-epidemic measures had been adopted in all the tents, the hot weather might easily trigger diseases, so we want to relocate the villagers," Zhen said.
The county hospital also sent medical personnel to take care of pregnant women and infants. Officials said more than 160 items of children's clothing had been distributed at the resettlement centers.
To prevent the outbreak of disease, 188 medical workers have disinfected an area of 10,000 square kilometers around Dazhai Village.
After days of aerial examination, workers with the land and resources department have found 25 sites at risk of possible landslides in a 90 kilometer area around the site.
Experts and officials are working on plans to shore up buildings or relocate a total of 2,497 local people.
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