12 Killed as Dam Tumbles in Heavy Rain
From Times Wire Reports
Heavy rains caused a dam in southwestern China to collapse, unleashing waters from a reservoir and killing at least 12 people, the state-run New China News Agency said.
The agency said 13 people were missing and 12 others were injured in the collapse of the Dalugou dam in Sichuan province’s Huili county, 1,250 miles southwest of Beijing.
It said 3 inches of rain fell in Huili on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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