Typhoon Saudel: days of flooding trigger fatal landslide in central China
At least one person was killed and 11 are missing after they were buried by a landslide in central China as the region continued to battle severe flooding caused by Typhoon Saudel. The landslide hit Gaoping, a town in a mountainous area of Jiangxi province, at around 4am on Saturday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. It said rescue teams were rushing to the disaster site. The accident followed…
A landslide claimed at least one life and left 11 people missing in Gaoping, a mountainous town in central China, as the region continued to grapple with devastating flooding from Typhoon Saudel. Rescue efforts were in full swing on Saturday morning when the disaster struck. The catastrophe occurred following days of relentless rain and a cold front that intensified the typhoon's outer bands.
The deluge had inundated Suichuan county, trapping residents and causing road collapses, crippling vital public services. This tragic incident underscores the fragility of China's mountainous areas in the face of environmental shifts. China is still reeling from a recent debris flow on its border with Nepal, caused by a glacier collapse on August 26.
The event triggered floods and landslides, destroying infrastructure, annihilating settlements, and claiming over 300 lives. As of now, 31 fatalities and 531 missing persons have been reported in Tibet's Gyirong county, where search and rescue teams are working tirelessly around the clock. Nepal's toll stands at 1,342 deaths, with 4,898 people still missing.
Last summer, southwestern China also faced fatal landslides, including a massive slope failure in Chongqing’s Pengshui county on July 17 that killed 42 people and buried homes along the Wu River.
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