Vietnamese tourists safe after landslide
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July 15, 2013, Monday
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A GROUP of Vietnamese tourists, trapped by a landslide in northwest China amid weeklong storms that have killed at least 89 people, have reached a major town.
At least 100 tourists, including the 38 Vietnamese, became trapped on Friday in Gansu Province after the landslide cut off traffic, Xinhua news agency reported. They had been heading to a nature reserve in Sichuan Province, hit hardest by the storms, and had reached accommodation following road repair work to free them.
The Vietnamese finally arrived in the northwestern city of Xi'an yesterday morning but have canceled their travel plans, Xinhua said, citing local authorities. The whereabouts of the remaining tourists was unknown.
Meanwhile, a collapsed dam triggered a flood in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday, killing eight tourists and injuring five others, Xinhua reported. Authorities were searching for an unknown number of missing.
Sichuan has reported at least 48 storm-related deaths over the past week. A massive mudslide that struck a scenic resort outside the city of Dujiangyan last Wednesday killed 43 people.
Flooding in Sichuan was the worst in 50 years for some areas, with more than 220,000 people forced to evacuate. Mudslides and flooding are common in China's mountainous areas, killing hundreds every year.
In the northwest province of Shaanxi, 26 people died in landslides or house collapses.
At least 12 workers were killed in the northern province of Shanxi when an unfinished coal mine workshop collapsed in a storm. Another three people were drowned in a car in Hebei Province.
At least 100 tourists, including the 38 Vietnamese, became trapped on Friday in Gansu Province after the landslide cut off traffic, Xinhua news agency reported. They had been heading to a nature reserve in Sichuan Province, hit hardest by the storms, and had reached accommodation following road repair work to free them.
The Vietnamese finally arrived in the northwestern city of Xi'an yesterday morning but have canceled their travel plans, Xinhua said, citing local authorities. The whereabouts of the remaining tourists was unknown.
Meanwhile, a collapsed dam triggered a flood in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday, killing eight tourists and injuring five others, Xinhua reported. Authorities were searching for an unknown number of missing.
Sichuan has reported at least 48 storm-related deaths over the past week. A massive mudslide that struck a scenic resort outside the city of Dujiangyan last Wednesday killed 43 people.
Flooding in Sichuan was the worst in 50 years for some areas, with more than 220,000 people forced to evacuate. Mudslides and flooding are common in China's mountainous areas, killing hundreds every year.
In the northwest province of Shaanxi, 26 people died in landslides or house collapses.
At least 12 workers were killed in the northern province of Shanxi when an unfinished coal mine workshop collapsed in a storm. Another three people were drowned in a car in Hebei Province.
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