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Torrential rains in Gansu leave 36 people dead, 23 missing
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August 17, 2010, Tuesday
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TORRENTIAL rains in Longnan City in northwest China's Gansu Province had left 36 people dead and 23 missing by yesterday afternoon, provincial authorities said yesterday in a statement.
As of 4pm yesterday afternoon, secondary disasters triggered by the downpours, including mudslides and landslides, had injured 295 people, the Gansu Provincial Government added in the statement.
The rains prompted the evacuation of 122,835 people to emergency shelters, the statement said.
They caused aggregate direct economic losses of 3.116 billion yuan (about US$458 million) and destroyed 30,000 hectares of grain crops.
They also caused 6,090 houses to collapse and damaged another 15,223.
More than 1,000 workers repaired power facilities in the city and electricity supply on trunk lines have been restored, the statement said.
But mobile phone services in worst-hit Huangzhu Township were only partly restored, the statement said.
The provincial civilian affairs department dispatched supplies, including 3,000 candles, 4,000 flashlights, 10 tons of flour and four tons of rice, to the affected areas.
Some seriously injured victims were being transferred to hospitals in Lanzhou, said the statement.
As of 4pm yesterday afternoon, secondary disasters triggered by the downpours, including mudslides and landslides, had injured 295 people, the Gansu Provincial Government added in the statement.
The rains prompted the evacuation of 122,835 people to emergency shelters, the statement said.
They caused aggregate direct economic losses of 3.116 billion yuan (about US$458 million) and destroyed 30,000 hectares of grain crops.
They also caused 6,090 houses to collapse and damaged another 15,223.
More than 1,000 workers repaired power facilities in the city and electricity supply on trunk lines have been restored, the statement said.
But mobile phone services in worst-hit Huangzhu Township were only partly restored, the statement said.
The provincial civilian affairs department dispatched supplies, including 3,000 candles, 4,000 flashlights, 10 tons of flour and four tons of rice, to the affected areas.
Some seriously injured victims were being transferred to hospitals in Lanzhou, said the statement.
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