Landslides in eastern China kill 6, leave 9 missing
Typhoon Saudel brought torrential rains that triggered landslides in Jiangxi province.
Heavy rains triggered by Typhoon Saudel caused landslides in eastern China, resulting in six fatalities and nine people still unaccounted for, according to state media reports on Tuesday. The landslide occurred in Mingkeng village, located in Jiangxi province, on Saturday, leaving five dead and seven others missing, as reported by Xinhua, the state news agency.
Additional landslides struck the towns of Zuoan and Tanghu, resulting in one death and two missing individuals. The deluge of rain, attributed to Saudel, had been impacting China's eastern coast since the end of the previous month. In response to the intense rainfall, several cities halted their operations, while schools and transportation services were also disrupted.
Over 170 rescuers were dispatched to the location of the Mingkeng landslide in a search for the missing individuals. The landslides follow devastating glacial floods in the Himalayas earlier this month, which claimed the lives of 43 people in Tibet and nearly 1,300 individuals in Nepal. According to state media, these glacial floods were further exacerbated by climate change, which is accelerating the melting of glaciers worldwide and contributing to an increase in the frequency of extreme storms, thereby heightening the risk of such disasters.
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