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Death toll from landslide rises |
发布时间：2006-11-20 16:15:50
THE death toll from the landslide in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province had climbed to 39 by December 8, and five other villagers remained missing.
The disaster occurred at 3:40 am on December 3 in Zuojiaying Village, over 100 kilometres west of the provincial capital Guiyang.
A mass of earth and rock measuring 20,000 cubic metres crashed down on 19 houses.
"The heaviest stones hitting the houses weighed more than 100 tons, so the chance of survival for people buried under them is slim," the Beijing News quoted local police official Zhao Yujie as saying.
The five missing included one adult and four children. The youngest was a baby no more than one year old.
Thirteen people injured in the slide are now in stable conditions. Their medical fees have been covered by the local government.
Geological experts said the disaster was due to natural causes. However, local villagers suspected it had something to do with the two coal mine pits at the foot of the mountain.
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