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Over 120 people buried by massive southwest China landslide
AP ^ | June 24, 2017 | Gillian Wong

Posted on 06/24/2017 10:17:03 AM PDT by bgill

More than 120 people were buried by a landslide that caused huge rocks and a mass of earth to come crashing into their homes in a mountain village in southwestern China early Saturday, officials said. The landslide, which came from a mountain, engulfed a cluster of 62 homes and a hotel in the village of Xinmo in Mao County at about 6 a.m., the Sichuan provincial government said. Officials said 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) of road were buried in the disaster. “It’s the biggest landslide to hit this area since the Wenchuan earthquake

(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; landslide

1 posted on 06/24/2017 10:17:03 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill
More organs that the Chicoms can harvest and sell to Westerners.
2 posted on 06/24/2017 10:21:19 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: bgill
The landslide, which came from a mountain,

Glad they clarified that point...

3 posted on 06/24/2017 10:25:10 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: bgill

More proof of global warming!!!


4 posted on 06/24/2017 10:26:40 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: bgill

Those poor souls. What a way to go.


5 posted on 06/24/2017 10:28:54 AM PDT by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: bgill
The landslide, which came from a mountain,...

Ya think?

6 posted on 06/24/2017 10:39:26 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Will they blame it n the Trump Election?


7 posted on 06/24/2017 10:40:51 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: Rio

Wish I’d have read your post before I posted (my post 36).


8 posted on 06/24/2017 10:41:32 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: bgill

No mention of an earthquake. Did somebody cut the toe of a slope where they shouldn’t have?


9 posted on 06/24/2017 10:48:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Experts told CCTV that the landslide was likely triggered by rain.
10 posted on 06/24/2017 10:58:20 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Organs don’t last last. However, I seem to recall that in the early USSR, they’d use blood from up to 4 day old cadavers for transfusions.


11 posted on 06/24/2017 11:00:12 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Gay State Conservative

It is doubtful that any of the landslide victims were involved with the organ harvesting processes. Those of us who care about the Teachings of Christ are saddened by the loss of life from an avalanche. It is not the time to be hateful about the atheist government of China.


12 posted on 06/24/2017 11:06:31 AM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Make sense.


13 posted on 06/24/2017 11:08:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bgill

Next time hoping for Yulin to be destroyed but I will take this town as good news.


14 posted on 06/24/2017 11:56:26 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: Gay State Conservative

Hope they were dog eaters.


15 posted on 06/24/2017 1:19:12 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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