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China Floods: Up To 40 Buried In Landslide

The worst floods in 50 years in a region of China trigger a landslide that buries up to 40 people and destroys homes and bridges.

Sky News UK, Wednesday 10 July 2013




Floods Trigger Landslides In China

Between 30 and 40 people have been buried by a landslide in China's Sichuan province, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and bridges.
The landslide in Zhongxing on Wednesday morning was triggered by days of rain, the local fire brigade said on its verified website.
A Zhongxing official said that "so far we only know 11 families were buried and more than 200 residents have been evacuated", but that workers were still searching for others.
Much of China has been hit by heavy rainfall in recent days, including most of Sichuan, where homes have been destroyed and three bridges have collapsed since Monday.
Rescuers are searching for 12 people missing after a bridge in Jiangyou, Sichuan, collapsed on Tuesday, local officials said.
Six vehicles were confirmed to have plunged into the Panjiang River after the bridge collapsed, the Jiangyou government said.
But Lin Rui, who was driving a minivan across the bridge and swam to safety through a torrential river, believed the figure could be higher.
He said there were 15 to 18 vehicles on the structure at the time.
"There were several cars ahead of me," he told state broadcaster CCTV. "A bus or a coach, I can't remember clearly, was running ahead."



Twelve people are missing after the Jiangyou bridge collaspe A man also died in Shifang in Sichuan on Tuesday after a three-storey building collapsed as a result of the floods, which have been described as the worst in the region in 50 years.


The building housed the offices of a local mine.

More than 480,000 people have been affected by the torrential rains, according to a government estimate on Wednesday.
The landslide also destroyed a high-profile memorial to a devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan.

In Beichuan, the flooding destroyed buildings and exhibits at the memorial for the earthquake that left 90,000 people dead or missing.
The quake left the Beichuan region unliveable, and the abandoned ruins were turned into a memorial and museum.
Landslides and flooding are common in China's mountainous areas, killing hundreds of people every year.
Deforestation has led to soil erosion and made some parts of China prone to mudslides after strong rains.
China's deadliest natural disaster in three decades struck in Sichuan in 2008, when an earthquake left more than 80,000 people dead. Shoddy building construction was blamed for the high number of deaths.


China: Men Rescued From River Amid Floods

State TV releases footage of the dramatic rescue of two maintenance workers trapped on a sandbar during heavy flooding.


The civil affairs ministry said the flooding in Sichuan has affected an area home to 360,000 people, damaged or destroyed 300 homes and forced 6,100 people to evacuate.




Workmen Rescued From Raging River


Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes after heavy flooding hit China's western Sichuan province.

State television footage captured the moment two maintenance workers were dramatically rescued from a sandbar as a swollen river raged past. The two men had been carrying out work on the Sh*tingjiang bridge when they found themselves stranded in the middle of the Sh*ting river.


A firefighter made his way to the two men before attaching the cable


Firefighters attached a wire to an excavator and the men were able to cross hand-over-hand 100ft above the river. Three people were also pulled from a river when a bridge collapsed in the mountainous region. One car, three minivans and an SUV fell into the river in Jiangyou when the Qinglian bridge broke apart and collapsed. The two-lane bridge was built in 1969 and a replacement span was under construction.



The Qinglian bridge in Jiangyou collapsed, with six people still missing


China has been pouring resources into building infrastructure, but many older bridges and dams are of poor quality and urgently need repairs or replacement.




Firefighters use a rope to help a woman walk across floodwaters after heavy rain hits Dujiangyan, China.

  • At least one person died and 15 others were missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province as
  • of Tuesday evening after severe rainstorms battered the region, including some quake-stricken areas.
  • Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and bringing transport to a halt in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan.
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  • Heavy flood waters sweeping through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province.
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