BEIJING: The death toll from a series of landslides in Suichuan county, Ji’an, Jiangxi province, has risen to four, Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday afternoon, citing local authorities.
One of the people previously reported missing has been found with no vital signs following a landslide in Yangfen village, Zuo’an township, the report said. China Central Television had previously reported that two people were missing following multiple landslides in Yangfen.
In Mingkeng village, Gaoping township, mudslides and landslides have left three people dead and nine others missing, Xinhua reported. Multiple rescue teams and personnel are continuing search and rescue operations at the sites.
On the other hand, China has deployed more than 2,500 rescue personnel after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in Southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region on Aug 26, the emergency response and rescue headquarters said on Sunday.
The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 6 pm Saturday, officials told a news conference.
As of 6 pm Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed to join rescue operations, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 metric tons of supplies, officials said. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
