Death toll in SW China mudslides rises to 14
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Rescuers and local residents conduct rescue work at the site of a mudslide in Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 21, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Another mudslide was reported at 12:30 p.m. in Yuanjiang County in the city of Yuxi, where one villager died and four others were buried.
The five victims belonged to one family and their house was crushed by the mudslide, the local government said in a statement.
Rescuers retrieved a dead body in the afternoon and were still searching for the four others.
Affected by super typhoon Rammasun, the worst to hit south China in four decades, many parts of Yunnan Province have suffered rainstorms and mudslides.
As of 7 p.m. Monday, 330,000 people in 27 counties were affected by the typhoon and 38 were dead or missing, the provincial civil affairs bureau said.
Meanwhile, more than 50 homes toppled and nearly 1,000 people were forced to evacuate, it said.
The weather bureau has forecast rain in most parts of the province, which threatens to obstruct rescue work.
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