Sunday, August 8, 2010

Update: the Gansu landslide

Xinhua now reports that the death toll from the Gansu landslide is 127 people, with a further 1,294 people reported to be missing.  So far just 28 people have been rescued alive.

The BBC has published an image of the lower part of the slide:


Note the water flooding the lower storey of the buildings in the background.

1 comment:

  1. Nice photo. Scary to see the rebar in the foreground that indicates where some buildings or walls used to be attached.

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