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Dam Collapse in Zhejiang Kills 11 After Typhoon Haikui
Monday, August 13, 2012 13:01
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Eleven people died after a dam collapsed in the early morning hours of Friday (August 10), wiping out a village in the eastern province of Zhejiang, China's state media reported. Rescue operations ended on Saturday morning when workers uncovered the eleventh and final missing body one kilometer downstream from the Shenjiakeng Reservoir. Many villagers were asleep when the dam collapsed at 5am local time on Friday. Eighty households in Daishan County were affected, and 27 people injured. One unidentified villager, pointing at red flags that marked sites where houses used to stand, recalled his escape. Villager: “From my house, I saw floodwater gushing down, so I ran. And right after I escaped from the flood, my house collapsed. There is nothing left.” Typhoon Haikui, which made landfall at the province in the early hours of Wednesday (August 8), brought heavy rainfall to eastern China, killing at least another six people and triggering an evacuation of 2.17 million people, state media reported. For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me
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