Twenty-seven people were killed in a mud-rock slide in southwest
China's Yunnan Province on Thursday.
The disaster took place at about 6:00 AM in a field near the
Xiaojiangping Dam, in Sujiahekou Hydropower Station, in Tengchong
County, western Yunnan. Mud-rock slides triggered by continuous
rains enveloped three battered tents, where 74 workers lived.
Forty of the workers escaped, with five of them sustaining
slight injuries. The remaining 34 workers were buried alive.
Additionally, five of the buried workers were resuscitated.
Rescuers have recovered 27 bodies. They are still looking for the
other two missing workers.
The condition of the five rescued workers is still unknown.
Luo Zhengfu, Vice Governor of Yunnan Province, has rushed to the
site with a disaster relief team.
(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2007)