The toll continues to rise. Virtually two weeks after the landslide occurred on July 17 within the southwest of the Chinethe authorities communicated a brand new evaluation. This now experiences 51 deaths, whereas 10 individuals are nonetheless lacking.
The catastrophe occurred in Pengshui District, Chongqing. The landslide buried a number of residential buildings situated on the foot of a mountain and alongside a river financial institution.
A thousand rescuers mobilized
State media broadcast pictures exhibiting a big pile of rocks and earth having lined a residential and industrial road. Greater than a thousand first aiderssupported particularly by divers and robots in a close-by river, participated within the search operations.
“At this exact second, the our bodies of 51 individuals have been discovered,” district authorities stated Thursday night on social networks, specifying that “ten individuals are nonetheless lacking.” Rescuers additionally stated there have been no extra indicators of life.