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Mudslide: Two Dead, Twenty-Five People Missing In China

Mudslide: Two Dead, Twenty-Five People Missing In China
  • PublishedAugust 28, 2017
Landslide in Southwest China has left 25 missing and two people dead the state media has reported. Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including two who died, in Bijie, Guizhou province, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing city authorities.Reports say that search efforts are  ongoing.

Video of the landslide posted to the Twitter account of the official People’s Daily showed the side of a hill collapsing, with dirt rushing across the outskirts of the town as onlookers shouted in fright.

Landslides are a frequent danger in rural and mountainous parts of China, particularly after heavy rain.

In June and August, massive landslides in southwestern Sichuan province killed more than 30 and left scores missing.

In July 63 people were killed by landslides and floods in the central province of Hunan. Some 1.6 million people were forced from their homes.

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