Randy W Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 in the SCMP 141 missing after landslide engulfs mountain village in China Rescuers say they have detected signs of life at disaster site struck by wall of mud in mountainous north of Sichuan province Before and after shots show the scale of destruction after a landslide wiped out Xinmo village in the north of Sichuan province at dawn on Saturday, Of 141 villagers reported missing, only three escaped. Photos: Handout The landslide hit Xinmo village, Mao county in the mountainous north of the province at 6 am, and blocked a 2km section of river nearby, Sichuan news portal Scol.com.cn reported. . . . Two survivors were evacuated from the debris, while another body was found, Sichuan Television reported. . . . Mao county lies next to Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the massive 2008 earthquake that claimed some 80,000 lives. Both counties are home to large communities of Tibetans and people of the Qiang ethnic minority. Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 The survivors - in the SCMP Young Chinese family alive because of crying baby Couple managed to flee to safety with their son as avalanche of rocks and mud hit their Sichuan village The couple were woken at around 5am by the baby’s cries and Xiao got up to change his nappy, she told Chengdu Economic Daily. Link to comment
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