51 Feared Dead in Mudslide
Fifty-one people were feared dead after being buried by a mudslide in southwestern China’s Sichuan province over the weekend, state media said today.
Rescuers recovered one body -- that of a female tourist from Shanghai -- after flash floods in a river valley dislodged a wall of mud and rocks and blocked roads leading to the site, according to the official publication China Daily.
Seasonal flooding in China has killed nearly 570 people this year and forced the evacuation of 2.3 million, according to Civil Affairs Ministry figures released last week.
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