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  • China landslide: At least 15 dead and more than 100 feared buried (Video at link)

    06/24/2017 7:19:53 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 8 replies
    abc.net.au ^ | yesterday at 9:26pm
    Crews searching through the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tons of soil and rocks in south-western China have found 15 bodies, but about 100 more people remain missing. Key points: 1,000 rescuers and dogs are looking for signs of lifeThis was the biggest landslide in the area since the Wenchuan earthquake, an official saidLandslide blocked two-kilometre section of river Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that about 1,000 rescuers were using detection devices and dogs to look for signs of life in an area that once held 62 homes and a hotel."We won't give...