The number of victims, after a landslide that left 44 people buried in the early hours of Monday, January 22, in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, increased in the last hours from 7 to 20, state television reported this Tuesday CCTV.
More than 1,000 troops have participated in the search and rescue tasks for the trapped peoplewhich continue their course, collected the agency Xinhua.
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We were asleep at that time, it was early morning and it was still dark. Suddenly there was a loud noise and the ground shook. It felt like a big earthquake.
The number of victims, after a landslide, in which 44 people were buried in the early hours of last Monday in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, increased in the last hours from 11 to 20, state television reported today CCTV.
Official sources reported that they managed to contact three of those initially missing who were not in the area of the incident, in addition to specifying that two people were treated for injuries in hospital centers and that 918 residents were relocated after the accident.
The event took place at 05:51 in the morning on January 22, in Zhenxiong county, located in the north of the aforementioned region, and It affected about 18 homes located in the low area between two mountains.
“We were asleep at that time, it was early morning and it was still dark. Suddenly there was a loud noise and the ground shook. It felt like it was a big earthquake,” a resident of the region told the local media. Jimu News.
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According to preliminary research cited by Xinhua, The landslide mass measured approximately 100 meters wide60 meters high and reached an average thickness of six meters.
The area had recorded heavy snowfall throughout the night of Sunday, January 21, with temperatures hovering around zero degrees Celsius, which caused the roads that give access to the affected area to freeze, making rescue efforts difficult.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “total” effort in the search and rescue of the trapped people.noted the official news agency Xinhua.
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