More than 100 residents have been evacuated after fresh
landslide occurred in another village of central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday, local sources
said.
The landslide, with about 100,000 cubic meters of mud-rock flow,
happened in the wee hours on Wednesday at Tizikou village in
Taiping Town of Badong County. Local government has relocated 112
people in 31 households. No casualties have been reported.
The landslide is the newest of a spate of mud-rock flows which
began on May 10 in the area after the water level in a reservoir on
Qingjiang river, a tributary of the Yangtze River, rose to 290
meters.
To date, 18 houses have been toppled down, 770 residents have
evacuated and Qiaohe River, a major tributary of Qingjiang, is
blocked by mud and rocks.
The local government received 3 million yuan (US$370,000) of
relief funds, 50 tents and 400 quilts. More donations are needed to
help the affected people, said Zhang Yuanping, deputy head of
Badong County.
Electricity and shipping services have been cut off in order to
minimize the impact of the disaster. The local government is
closely monitoring the area on the opposite side of the river.
(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2007)