Beijing: The number of people killed by landslides in the province of Shaanxi rose to 21 on Sunday, and six others are still missing. This comes as China has hit by bad weather that has destroyed homes and caused heavy rains.
Chinese news station CNR said that the landslip happened Friday in the village of Weiziping, south of Xi’an. It washed away two houses and damaged roads, bridges, the power supply and other infrastructure.
“So far, 21 bodies have been found, and six people are still missing,” the Xi’an emergency management office said in a statement posted online.
Sunday, Chinese news outlets said that four people had died.
CNR said on the social media site Weibo, “Four people have died, and some people are still hard to reach.”
Before, its said that two people dead and 16 missing.
CNR also said that 100 soldiers and firemen were sent to help with the relief efforts, which are still going on as of Sunday.
In the past few weeks, China has hit by deadly floods and record rains. As of Friday, at least 78 people have died because of storms in the northern part of the country.
A video from the Xinhua news agency showed broken trees and piles of rubble on muddy roads in a mountain town where houses and other buildings damaged or destroyed.
The Chinese broadcaster said that rescue work going on and that 81 people and 11 vehicles had sent to the spot.
Khanun is getting weaker.
Typhoon Khanun, on the other hand, became a tropical depression when it hit China’s Liaoning state on Friday night.
Even though it has stopped raining, the rough terrain of the northeastern province still poses a risk of flooding to low-lying towns like Anshan in Liaoning province, where 17,859 people have been moved out of areas that could flood.
“The most rain that fell overnight in Liaoning was 52 millimetres (2 inches) per hour, and four reservoirs overflowed,” it said.
“China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management held a special meeting on Sunday morning to talk about ways to prevent floods and respond to emergencies in provinces like Liaoning, Shaanxi, Tianjin, and Chongqing that have been hit hard,” CCTV said.
