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Storm rains kill 20, 10 missing in Yunnan
(Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-08-11 16:34 Kunming -- The heavy rains in Yunnan province during the past 4 days, causing floods and landslides in this southwest mountainous area, have already claimed 20 lives, leaving 10 missing and over 818,300 people affected, Yunnan civil affairs afficials said. utonomous Prefecture, burying roadside construction tents.According to lastest release from local government, the Maguan landslide has already killed 4 person, injuried 5, with another 7 missing. A 120-member rescue team is dispatched for search and rescue efforts. The massive rainfalls, caused by west-moving tropical storm Kammuri, the ninth tropical storm of the year, have toppled over 1600 houses, leaving over 7,000 hectares of crops fruitless. According to report with Xinjing, a Beijing daily, international railway line connecting China and Viet Nam was also forced to suspension due to caving-ins. The direct economic loss so far almost exceeds $43 million. Local government have been quick in relief operation, evacuating over 2,400 to safety, Xinhua said. |