China landslide: At least 15 dead and more than 100 feared buried (Video at link)

abc.net.au ^ | yesterday at 9:26pm

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Crews searching through the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tons of soil and rocks in south-western China have found 15 bodies, but about 100 more people remain missing.

Key points:

• 1,000 rescuers and dogs are looking for signs of life
• This was the biggest landslide in the area since the Wenchuan earthquake, an official said
• Landslide blocked two-kilometre section of river

Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that about 1,000 rescuers were using detection devices and dogs to look for signs of life in an area that once held 62 homes and a hotel.

"We won't give up as long as there is a slim chance," the agency quoted an unidentified searcher as saying.

[LukeL]

Before there was instant communication and modern travel you wonder how many times small villages around the world were simply wiped off the map with no one ever knowing about it.

[texas booster]

Cars and people line a road to Xinmo in this photo taken at a distance. You can see the entire village has been buried by rocks.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Wow,...Great photo.

Rugged looking terrain.

That website not working well for me.,,,,thanks.

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First posted yesterday at 9:26pm

I assume Australia time.

[piasa]

Holy cow, that’s huge...and not very promising for rescuers. Those boulders are massive.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #5 for some sizable pieces they are standing on,

[dragnet2]

Looks like they were hit by a tsunami of boulders. Brutal.