Garbage Mountain Falls After Hard Rain, Kills 10
A mountain of garbage waterlogged from days of rain collapsed onto a factory and workers’ dormitory in western China, killing 10 people inside, the official New China News Agency reported.
Four people were dug out and were recovering in a hospital after Friday’s collapse near the village of Shandong, the agency said.
Rescue was difficult because the collapse also severed power lines and buried roads, it said.
Hundreds of people have died in western China in the last week from floods that have obliterated bridges, houses and power grids.
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