Rescue hampered for 5 buried in SW China landslide

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-2-19 9:48:26
 Rescuers work in rain at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang) Related:Rescue hampered for 5 buried in SW China landslideKAILI, Guizhou, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have reached the scene of a landslide that buried five people on Monday in southwest China's Guizhou Province, but rescue work was hampered by debris falling from the mountain.More than 400 rescuers have been sent to Longchang Township in Kaili City, where the landslide occurred around 11 a.m., said Huang Yuanliang, secretary of the Kaili Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, who is at the site of the landslide to direct rescue efforts.  Full story
 Rescuers work in rain at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

 
The site of a landslide is blocked at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. .(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
The site of a landslide is blocked at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. .(Xinhua/Tao Liang)


Villagers sit in a tent at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang) 
Villagers sit in a tent at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang) 


Rescuers dig a drain around a tent at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Rescuers dig a drain around a tent at Yudong Village of Longchang Township in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2013. Five people, including two children, were buried after a landslide hit the village around 11 a.m. Monday. Relief work was hampered as sporadic slides continued. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)




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