BEIJING: The dying toll from a landslide in southwestern China earlier this month rose to 51, with 10 individuals nonetheless lacking, authorities mentioned Thursday (Jul 30).
The landslide, which occurred on Jul 17 in Chongqing’s Pengshui County, swept away a number of residential buildings on the foot of a mountain and alongside a riverbank.
State media footage confirmed an enormous pile of rocks and earth that had collapsed right into a residential and industrial avenue, with rescue employees deployed to the scene.
“Presently 51 individuals have been discovered and confirmed useless, and 10 persons are nonetheless lacking,” Pengshui officers mentioned on social media late Thursday.
“On this catastrophe, a complete of over 1,100 individuals have been safely evacuated,” they mentioned, including that 10 individuals have been rescued, together with three who had been briefly hospitalised.
An enormous search and restoration operation has been underway because the catastrophe, involving over 1,080 rescue personnel, based on the assertion.
Rescuers confronted critical challenges in the course of the 325-hour operation, together with huge boulders, elevation modifications, tight areas and excessive temperatures.
