Mudslide Traps Residents Near China's Three Gorges Dam

The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 21, 2008 | By Rebecca Blumenstein

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A landslide near China's massive Three Gorges Dam has trapped nearly 200 people and is threatening to overrun much of a village, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.

Emergency workers were trying to rescue the villagers after heavy rains triggered a landslide of 60,000 cubic meters of mud, which swept into a schoolyard and 37 homes in Xiaohe Village of Gaoyang Township in Hubei Province, according to Xinhua.

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[dayglored]

> "if no preventive measures are taken, the project could lead to catastrophe."

This project is ALREADY a catastrophe. It's just that like so many other long-term catastrophes, the fact that it hasn't run to completion yet, prevents most people from seeing that it's already well under way.

[sinanju]

At this rate soon the dam will be the only thing left standing.

[oyez]

Some poor saps are going to be executed for this. The real culprits will probably be given a promotion.