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Deadly Mudslides Continue in China
Date: 8/13/2010 7:15:36 AM Sender: VOA
Deadly Mudslides Continue in China

New mudslides in northwest China＇s Gansu province have killed at least 20 people and left more than 10,000 others trapped.

The mudslides occurred in the town of Longnan after a night of constant heavy rains.

Landslides have killed more than 1,100 people in Gansu, many of them in the town of Zhouqu, which was devastated by a massive landslide Sunday.   Thursday＇s heavy rains caused new landslides that blocked the road into Zhouqu, hampering rescue and recovery efforts.  

No live rescues have been reported since Wednesday in Zhouqu, and  the official Xinhua news agency said authorities are turning their attention to the survivors, most of whom are Tibetan herders and farmers.

A mudslide in the southwestern province of Sichuan has killed five people and trapped 500 others.

Xinhua said police will launch round-the-clock patrols to guard against looting in Gansu. Provincial authorities promised subsidies to all those whose homes were damaged and set a goal of rebuilding the town by next June.

Many thousands more are homeless and living in hastily built tent camps, where they remain vulnerable to the elements.  

An unnamed official for the Ministry of Health says the landslide destroyed vaccines and refrigeration facilities Zhouqui.  The official says corpses of humans and animals buried in the rubble could easily rot under the high temperatures, which could lead to a contamination of the water supply.  

Large amounts of relief supplies have reached the town since mid-day Wednesday.

The Zhouqu mudslide is the deadliest single incident in weeks of flooding that killed at least 2,000 people across China. The damage runs into the tens of billions of dollars, affecting 28 provinces and regions.

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