This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the collapse site of a tunnel bridge at the section between Kangding City and Luding County of the Ya'an-Kangding expressway in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Houses were washed away and villagers went missing after a flash flood in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday, local authorities said.
Two people were killed, eight injured and 12 others missing after a flash flood and mudslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday, local authorities said.
The flash flood and mudslide took place early in the morning on Saturday in Ridi Village, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to the emergency rescue and disaster relief headquarters.
The injured have been sent to a hospital for treatment and over 300 people have been relocated. Rescue work is underway.
At least eight people were killed and 19 missing after a landslide hit a village in south-western China and resulted in the collapse of a highway bridge, state media said on Aug 4.
The disaster struck early Saturday morning near Kangding, in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in south-western Sichuan province.
The highway bridge, which linked two tunnels, collapsed in the aftermath of a flash flood and mudslide, with four cars carrying 11 people plummeting off it, said state broadcaster CCTV.
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