The deadly weather continues in China
Posted on August 13, 2010 by cesa
New torrential rains caused floods and mudslides in western China, killing at least 29 people, while 10,500 others were trapped by the floods, local media reported on Friday 13 August.
At Logan, the poor and isolated province of Gansu, 15 people were killed and more than 10,000 are blocked due to heavy rainfall and landslides, said Chinese television.
The rain began to fall on Thursday Mianzhu town near the provincial capital, Chengdu, Xinhua said. The region had been struck in 2008 by a very large earthquake that killed at least 80,000 people and made the ground very unstable.
The mudslides have cut off some roads and means of communication and have particularly affected the towns of Qingping, surrounded by mountains, and Tianchi.
The government has mobilized rescue site and many people began to be evacuated because of the violence of rainfall, says the agency. “The damage is considerable and the number of victims will be high,” confirms a resident Qingping.
Police evacuated many people because of rain. Some communications were cut while landslides have changed the course of the river that runs through the village.