21 killed in north-west China flash flood
BEIJING — Chinese state media said today (Aug 21) that a flash flood swept through a construction site and killed at least 21 workers in the north-western Chinese province of Qinghai. Three workers are still missing.
BEIJING — Chinese state media said today (Aug 21) that a flash flood swept through a construction site and killed at least 21 workers in the north-western Chinese province of Qinghai. Three workers are still missing.
The official Xinhua news agency said that rescuers are searching for those missing from yesterday’s disaster in Wulan county, and that seven injured people had been sent to hospitals. The remote region lies amid high mountains, 2,500km west of Beijing.
Elsewhere in China, heavy flooding in the extreme south and north-east has left more than 200 dead or missing in recent days.
Flooding and landslides in southern China have been chiefly caused by rains brought by last week’s Typhoon Utor. Another storm was bearing down on Taiwan and expected to arrive on mainland China sometime today. AP
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