Landslide in SW China leaves one dead, three missing
(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-04-03 10:04CHENGDU - A landslide that happened on Friday in Southwest China's Sichuan province has left one dead and three others missing, rescuers said on Sunday.
The landslide blocked a section of Baimu River in Ya'an city. Rising water washed out a small hydropower station in Tianquan county, causing the dead and missing, while incurring power outage and disruption of wireless signals.
Local authorities on Saturday made an emergent work to open a channel for discharging the flooding water. On Sunday, the risk of the barrier lake has been basically removed.
The landslide blocked a section of Baimu River in Ya'an city. Rising water washed out a small hydropower station in Tianquan county, causing the dead and missing, while incurring power outage and disruption of wireless signals.
Local authorities on Saturday made an emergent work to open a channel for discharging the flooding water. On Sunday, the risk of the barrier lake has been basically removed.
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