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Mudslides wreak havoc in Yunnan, 67 people missing
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August 18, 2010, Wednesday
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At least 67 people are missing and seven others injured after mudslides slammed a remote town in Yunnan Province early today, local authorities said.
Roads, power supplies and telecommunications were cut following the mudslides, which struck the Puladi Township, in the Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, at about 1:30am.
The mudslides also destroyed a bridge and made the Nujiang River swollen with the water level increasing by up to six meters, said a statement released by the Yunnan Provincial Emergency Response Office today.
Rescuers had been sent to the area high up in the mountains bordering Myanmar, said a spokesman with the government of Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, which administers Gongshan.
The mudslides were triggered by days of torrential rains, he added.
Sources with the armed police troops participating in the rescue operation told Xinhua that the mudslides struck the Litoudi Village, about 10 kilometers away from Puladi Township seat. But the number of casualties is unknown at the moment.
A mudslide killed 11 people at the construction site of a hydropower station in Puladi Township July 26.
Roads, power supplies and telecommunications were cut following the mudslides, which struck the Puladi Township, in the Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, at about 1:30am.
The mudslides also destroyed a bridge and made the Nujiang River swollen with the water level increasing by up to six meters, said a statement released by the Yunnan Provincial Emergency Response Office today.
Rescuers had been sent to the area high up in the mountains bordering Myanmar, said a spokesman with the government of Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, which administers Gongshan.
The mudslides were triggered by days of torrential rains, he added.
Sources with the armed police troops participating in the rescue operation told Xinhua that the mudslides struck the Litoudi Village, about 10 kilometers away from Puladi Township seat. But the number of casualties is unknown at the moment.
A mudslide killed 11 people at the construction site of a hydropower station in Puladi Township July 26.
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