11 missing after SW China landslide
Xinhua
September 2, 2014
Eleven people are still missing after a rain-triggered landslide on Monday
morning in Yunyang County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said
local authorities.
Employees with the Yongfa coal mine, located in Jiangkou Township,
encountered the landslide while they were transferring from their dormitory
to a safe location after torrential rains started at 8:53 a.m., according to
an official with the county's publicity bureau.
Twelve workers were buried after the landslide with one rescued at about 11
a.m.
Heavy rain has hit many parts of Chongqing since Sunday morning. Xianchi
area of Yunyang County reported the highest precipitation with 287.5 mm
within a day.
The rain has cut off communication in 17 towns in Wuxi County, also in
Chongqing, as of 2 p.m. on Monday. Power supply in Gulu Township was cut off
on Monday morning and thousands of local residents need to be evacuated.
Some 3,397 hectares of crops were affected and 66 km of roads were damaged
in Wuxi with a direct economic losses of about 35 million yuan (5.68 million
U.S. dollars), according to the county government.
Heavy rainfall is forecast in Chongqing on Tuesday, which will dampen rescue
efforts.
At the site of another landslide that occurred five days ago in Guizhou
Province, rescuers have wrapped up their search, with bodies of all 23
victims retrieved as of Monday morning.
The local government is investigating the cause of the disaster. Villagers
have blamed local phosphorus mining for weakening the mountain's structure.
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