Number victims after landslide Where 47 people were buried early this Monday in China’s southern Yunnan province It increased from 7 to 11 in the last hoursState agency Xinhua reported today.
More than 1000 soldiers participated in search and rescue efforts Some of the stranded people who continue their journey are collected by the environment. Although 11 people were found dead among those buried after the avalanche, the number of injured is not currently reported in the information released by official sources until 22:00 local time on Monday (14:00 GMT on Monday). nor of the survivors.
The incident, which occurred at 05:51 local time this Monday (21:51 GMT on Sunday) in Zhenxiong district, located in the north of the region in question, affected approximately 18 houses located in the low area between two mountains. “We were sleeping at that time, it was early in the morning and it was still dark. Suddenly a loud sound was heard and the ground shook. It was like a big earthquake,” a local resident told local media Jimu News. said.
According to preliminary research reported by Xinhua, the landslide mass was approximately 100 meters wide, 60 meters high and reached an average thickness of 6 meters. The region experienced heavy snowfall throughout Sunday night, with temperatures hovering around zero degrees Celsius, causing roads accessing the affected area to freeze, complicating rescue efforts.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “all-out” efforts in search and rescue for stranded people, the official Xinhua news agency said.