1,300 Missing in China Amid Asia Floods

[Elmore Furth]

Source: USA Today

ZHOUQU, China (AP) — Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for more than 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more.

In Pakistan, frustrated victims railed against the government's anemic relief effort for the estimated 13 million affected by the country's worst-ever floods, while rescuers in mountainous Indian-controlled Kashmir raced to rescue dozens of stranded foreign trekkers and find 500 people still missing in flash floods that have killed 140.

Sunday's disaster in China's Gansu province killed at least 137 people and swamped entire villages. The government said 1,348 were missing as of 4 p.m. Monday.

China's worst flooding in a decade has killed more than 1,100 people this year. Floods have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage across 28 provinces and regions.



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[bdamomma]

1. so sad.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Elmore Furth.

[Turborama]

3. K&R Thanks for posting. Video posted in the videos forum

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[nyy1998]

4. OMG, 1100 missing. Wow, that's horrible.....

[maddezmom]

5. More than 700 die in landslides in China

Beijing, China (CNN) -- The death toll from mudslides in northwestern China rose to 702, state-run media reported Tuesday.

There were 1,042 people missing in Zhouqu County, Gansu province, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The landslides happened early Sunday after heavy rains hit the area, authorities said.

The side of a mountain broke off in the middle of the night and slid through a town in Zhouqu, covering homes and ripping others apart.



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