2024-01-22 11:48:45
At least two dead and dozens missing in a landslide in China
At least seven people lost their lives following a landslide in which 47 people were buried early this Monday in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, reports the state agency Xinhua.
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More than 200 troops were mobilized to the area today for search and rescue tasks for the trapped people, which continue following the evacuation of more than two hundred people.
The followingmath of the huge landslide in a village in southwest China
Although seven people have already been found “without signs of life” among those who were buried following the avalanche, the information released by official sources until 6:30 p.m. local time (08:30 GMT) does not currently report a number of injuries. nor of survivors.
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The event took place at 05:51 local time this Monday (21:51 GMT on Sunday) in Zhenxiong county, located in the north of the aforementioned region, and affected regarding 18 homes located in the low area between two mountains.
Rescue efforts were underway to search for victims buried in 18 houses, the Zhenxiong county information department said.
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At first the cause of the disaster was unknown, while survivors and rescuers worked in the snow. The cold was expected to persist for at least three more days.
The area had recorded heavy snowfall throughout Sunday night and, although its intensity is lower, that precipitation has not yet subsided, with temperatures hovering around zero degrees Celsius.
The state of the roads that give access to the affected area, which were frozen at dawn, is making rescue efforts difficult, said an employee of the local disaster management office.
The authorities launched an emergency response with more than 200 rescuers and dozens of fire trucks (EUROPA PRESS/ARCHIVE)
Luo Dongmei, 35, was sleeping when the landslide occurred, but she survived and was taken to a school by local authorities.
“I was asleep, but my brother knocked on the door and woke me up. “They said there was a landslide and the bed was shaking, so they ran upstairs and woke us up,” Luo said.
Like many other residents, Luo, her husband and three children received food at school but were still waiting for blankets and other protection from the cold, she said.
The woman said she had not been able to contact her sister and aunt, who lived near the site of the landslide. “The only thing I can do is wait,” she said.
The event took place at 05:51 local time this Monday (21:51 GMT on Sunday) in Zhenxiong county (AP)
The landslide occurred just over a month following China’s most powerful earthquake in years struck a remote northwestern region between Gansu and Qinghai provinces. At least 149 people lost their lives in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that occurred on December 18, reducing homes to rubble and unleashing intense mudslides that flooded two towns in Qinghai province.
Nearly 1,000 people were injured and more than 14,000 homes were destroyed.
(With information from AP)
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