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Rain triggered landslide kills 127 in China | At least 127 people were killed and 1,294 missing when a rain-triggered landslide hit Zhouqu county in China 's Gansu province on Sunday morning. At least 76 people were injured
and rescuers were racing against time to dig out survivors from crushed homes,
the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said. Torrential rain began lashing the
county at about 11 pm on Saturday and runoff from the downpour built up behind
a landslide on the Bailong River , which runs through the county seat town. The
clogged river in the narrow valley spilled over its banks, triggering floods and
mudslides that hit the town after midnight. The disaster smashed a small hydro
station and left more than 100 people dead, Xinhua reports. The landslide flattened
a five kilometers long area. "Most of the 2,000 people living in the area failed
to escape in time and were drawn into the mud," authorities from the Gannan Tibetan
autonomous prefecture, which administers Zhouqu, said. Pu Junli, a military official
who led rescue efforts, said the sludge was "too massive, mostly as thick as one
meter". The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday activated its emergency response
mechanism to organize about 1,000 firefighters and special police in nearby areas
to head for the affected area to rescue victims, the ministry posted on its website. |
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