Mudslides in Gansu

Mudslides in Gansu
Aug 10, 2010 02:11
ENID Points: Join Date: Aug 4, 2010 Status: offline	At least 337 people have been killed and 1,148 others are missing in the rain-triggered mudslides in Zhouqu County, Gansu province, China. Torrential rains on Saturday night-August 9, 2010 prompted an avalanche of sludge and debris to crash down on Sunday morning. Many houses were ripped off their foundations. The mud-rock flow is of about 5 km long, 300 meters wide and 5 meters deep in the county seat with more than two million cubic meters of mud and rocks. About 45,000 residents have been evacuated that more than 300 families are destroyed and many are badly damaged. A total of 218 people have received clinical treatment. And 41 people who were severely injured now have been airlifted to the provincial capital Lanzhou for treatment. Now, troops, police and fire fighters are still searching for survivors…The press conference held last night by Gansu government pointed out through an analysis that 5.12 earthquake (which lead loose earth of the mountain), long lasting drought and rainstorm caused the mudslides.

Aug 10, 2010 02:11

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At least 337 people have been killed and 1,148 others are missing in the rain-triggered mudslides in Zhouqu County, Gansu province, China.

Torrential rains on Saturday night-August 9, 2010 prompted an avalanche of sludge and debris to crash down on Sunday morning. Many houses were ripped off their foundations. The mud-rock flow is of about 5 km long, 300 meters wide and 5 meters deep in the county seat with more than two million cubic meters of mud and rocks. About 45,000 residents have been evacuated that more than 300 families are destroyed and many are badly damaged. A total of 218 people have received clinical treatment. And 41 people who were severely injured now have been airlifted to the provincial capital Lanzhou for treatment.

Now, troops, police and fire fighters are still searching for survivors…The press conference held last night by Gansu government pointed out through an analysis that 5.12 earthquake (which lead loose earth of the mountain), long lasting drought and rainstorm caused the mudslides.

Aug 10, 2010 04:30	#1
LAUGH Points: Join Date: Sep 29, 2009 Status: Offline	Effect of 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake sounds reasonable...the State Department of America said they will give help...

Aug 10, 2010 23:02	#2
ELLIOTT Points: Join Date: Jun 19, 2010 Status: Offline	up to date: the death toll is 702, and 1042 are still missing. Unfortunately, it is near to the end of the golden time in saving.

Aug 10, 2010 23:05	#3
TRAVELINGINC... Points: Join Date: Jan 3, 2008 Status: Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ELLIOTT up to date: the death toll is 702, and 1042 are still missing. Unfortunately, it is near to the end of the golden time in saving. 1042 are still missing. I don't want to say but it is very likely that they have died.

Aug 12, 2010 03:27	#4
RAINDROP Points: Join Date: Aug 24, 2009 Status: Offline	That is right, in todays news, it reported the number is up to 1117 the death toll. 627 are missing. A girl lost 16 relatives in this disaster,,, We have experienced too many disasters in these years.

Aug 12, 2010 03:34

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Originally Posted by RAINDROP

That is right, in todays news, it reported the number is up to 1117 the death toll. 627 are missing. A girl lost 16 relatives in this disaster,,, We have experienced too many disasters in these years.

The mudslides attacked Zhouqu at night on August 11 again. The only road to the disaster area was cut off. It made the rescue operation harder to implement..........

Aug 18, 2010 22:20	#6
ELLIOTT Points: Join Date: Jun 19, 2010 Status: Offline	I was informed that all the survival students who took part in college entrance examination will be enrolled this year. Once people says the village lost a generation, we need to do something.

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