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Over 200 People Dead and Missing as Torrential Rain Hits China
| Charissa Echavez | | Jul 05, 2016 03:21 PM EDT |
Millions of people have been displaced, thousands of homes destroyed, and hundreds are left unaccounted after torrential rains led to deadly floods across China.
Massive Landslide Kills 11 in Guizhou, China
| Marcel Woo | | Jul 02, 2016 05:39 AM EDT |
At least 11 persons were pronounced dead at the scene of a landslide, triggered by heavy downpour, that hit village in Guizhou Province southwest China Friday morning.
China Landslide Leaves 6 People Missing
| Marcel Woo | | May 29, 2016 02:16 AM EDT |
Heavy downpour in east China's Zhejiang Province triggered a landslide that left at least six people missing on Sunday.
China Landslide: Rescuers Search for 35 Missing People in Southeast Fujian Province [BREAKING]
| Som Patidar | | May 08, 2016 09:17 AM EDT |
Thirty-four workers have been reported missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a construction site of a hydropower project in southeastern parts of China on Sunday.
Shenzhen Authorities Detain 12 Individuals Legally Culpable for Tragic Landslide
| Charissa Echavez | | Dec 30, 2015 05:21 AM EST |
Police officials in Shenzhen have allegedly detained a dozen people who may have a hand in the tragic landslide in Shenzhen last week.
"Whoever Needs to be Punished, Should be Punished," Says Shenzhen Official
| Denise Uychiat | | Dec 28, 2015 07:55 AM EST |
The chief of the Communist Party of Shenzhen, the city where construction debris knocked over 33 buildings and trapped dozens of people, bowed as a sign of penance and swore to punish anyone who is found responsible for the accident . The apology was made on Friday, the same day that central government investigators announced that the landslide was caused by human error.
Rescuers Pay Tribute to Shenzhen Landslide Victims
| Charissa Echavez | | Dec 26, 2015 08:25 AM EST |
Following a week of intensive search and rescue operation, Chinese rescuers and officials on Saturday mourned the victims who lost their lives during the landslide in an industrial park at Shenzhen.
Shenzhen Landslide: “Not A Geological Disaster, But An Industrial Safety Accident”
| Charissa Echavez | | Dec 26, 2015 06:15 AM EST |
The State Council investigation team on Friday affirmed that the recent Shenzhen landslide that left dozens of people missing was a result of work safety accident and not a geological or natural disaster. The team further stated that the disaster, which toppled 33 buildings, was the result of a collapse of a pile of mud and construction residue and not from a natural circumstance.
Shenzhen Landslide: Man Pulled Out Alive After 67 Hours
| Charissa Echavez | | Dec 23, 2015 06:44 AM EST |
After several days of searching, a man has been rescued alive from the debris at site of a landslide in Shenzhen, China. The survivor had been buried for over 67 hours.
91 Missing, 33 Buildings Buried in Shenzhen Landslide
| Charissa Echavez | | Dec 21, 2015 06:53 AM EST |
An estimated 91 people are missing after a catastrophic landslide hit China's Shenzhen city in Guangdong province on Sunday. The incident buried around 33 buildings, according to local reports.
China Landslide Update: Death Toll Rises to 21
| Joy Anne Labarite | | Nov 15, 2015 07:50 AM EST |
The death toll from a landslide in China's eastern province of Zhejiang has been raised to 14. Initially just nine people were reported dead and as many as 28 missing.
Landslide in Eastern China Leaves 9 Dead, Scores Missing
| Joy Anne Labarite | | Nov 14, 2015 08:53 AM EST |
A devastating landslide has buried twenty homes and claimed at least 9 lives in a village in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. At least 28 people remain missing following the incident, Xinhua News Agency reports.
Scores Killed, Missing in Indonesian Landslide Caused by Collapsed Hill
| Vittorio Hernandez | | Dec 14, 2014 02:01 AM EST |
The latest count as of Sunday places the number of dead at 20 and missing at 88 after heavy rains in central Indonesia resulted in a landslide caused by the loosened soil and collapse of a hill.
Rescuers Scour Southwest China’s Guizhou for Survivors as 11 Remain Missing Following Massive Landslide
| Erika Villanueva | | Aug 29, 2014 03:39 AM EDT |
Several hundred rescuers raced against time Friday as they scoured the city of Fuquan in southwest China's Guizhou province for survivors after a massive landslide that killed at least 14 people two days ago.
China Landslide Leaves At Least Seven Dead
| David Perry | | Aug 28, 2014 10:34 AM EDT |
Dispatched rescue teams said local environmental conditions would "bring some difficulties" to search and recovery operations.
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