Landslides in China Kill Six, Nine Missing: State Media
More than 170 rescuers searched damaged villages after landslides and a mudslide destroyed homes and roads, state media said.
- On Tuesday, state media reported that landslides triggered by Typhoon Saudel in eastern China have killed six people, with nine others remaining missing.
- A mudslide hit Mingkeng village in Jiangxi province on Saturday, leaving five dead and seven missing, while additional landslides struck the townships of Zuo and Tanghu.
- More than 170 rescuers have been deployed to search for those missing, while several cities suspended work, schools, and transport services due to the heavy rains.
- These landslides follow devastating glacial floods in the Himalayas last month that killed 43 people in Tibet and nearly 1,300 in Nepal, with more than 5,000 missing in Nepal and 519 on the Tibetan side of the border.
- Scientists say climate change is accelerating glacial melting worldwide and making extreme storms more frequent, increasing the risk of such disasters in vulnerable regions.
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In China heavy rain evaporates entire mountain slopes – and leads to massive landslides. Six people have died, nine are missing. The reason for the disaster was probably a typhoon.In China heavy rain evaporates entire mountain slopes – and leads to massive landslides. Six people have died, nine are missing. The reason for the disaster was probably a typhoon.
Landslides in China Kill Six, Nine Missing
Landslides in eastern China have killed six people with nine others still missing, state media said Tuesday, days after heavy rains unleashed by Typhoon Saudel. A mudslide which hit Mingkeng village in Jiangxi province on Saturday left five dead and seven missing, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local officials. Another person was found dead and two others still missing after landslides hit the nearby townships of Zuo'an and Tanghu.
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