Related News
More than 700 evacuated from landslide-hit county in Gansu
MORE than 700 people have been evacuated after a landslide hit a mountainous county in northwest China's Gansu Province last night, local authorities said today.
There is no immediate report of casualties.
The landslide occurred at around 7 pm yesterday. It has destroyed parts of an out-door plaza in the county seat of Dongxiang, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. Electricity supply was temporarily suspended.
A spokesman with the county government said the people were evacuated for safety concerns, as the landslide caused road subsidence in some sections threatening roadside buildings.
A team of experts sent by the local land resources department to investigate the geological disaster have found the losses sliding mass had been loosen by a rupture of an underground waster water pipeline last year. The earth structure became more unstable when snow and ice was thawing in the spring time.
There is no immediate report of casualties.
The landslide occurred at around 7 pm yesterday. It has destroyed parts of an out-door plaza in the county seat of Dongxiang, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. Electricity supply was temporarily suspended.
A spokesman with the county government said the people were evacuated for safety concerns, as the landslide caused road subsidence in some sections threatening roadside buildings.
A team of experts sent by the local land resources department to investigate the geological disaster have found the losses sliding mass had been loosen by a rupture of an underground waster water pipeline last year. The earth structure became more unstable when snow and ice was thawing in the spring time.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔$粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.