Death toll in northwestern China flash floods rises to 25: state media
The toll from a flash flood in northwest China has risen to 25 dead, with 23 injured, state media reported Sunday a week after the disaster. The flood ripped through the Shuangshimen Scenic Area, a tourist spot popular with day campers, on July 26, with state media initially reporting 10 deaths and 23 injured. The […]
A week after a flash flood struck the Shuangshimen Scenic Area in northwest China's Gansu Province, the death toll has climbed to 25, with 23 others injured, according to state media. The flood hit the popular tourist spot on July 26, initially reported to have caused 10 deaths and 23 injuries. The updated figures were released as the national commission for disaster prevention pledged to oversee an investigation into the incident, Xinhua reported.
Shuangshimen, nestled in the mountainous southern region of Gansu, is famed for its natural stone arches, alpine meadows, and mountain streams. Eyewitness videos depicted torrents of water surging through a valley, inundating tents and parked vehicles. This is the latest in a series of extreme weather events to strike China this summer, with floods in Hubei province killing at least 11 people, and six fatalities reported in Guangxi after dams burst following heavy rainfall. Additionally, a landslide in Dangchang County, also in southern Gansu, claimed 21 lives.
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