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2024.08.04 19:01 GMT+8

8 killed, 19 missing in southwest China flash flood, mudslide

Updated 2024.08.04 19:01 GMT+8
CGTN

Eight people had been killed and 19 others remained missing as of 2:30 p.m. Sunday after a flash flood and mudslide struck the city of Kangding in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said.

The disaster took place at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in Kangding, the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, toppling a tunnel bridge and destroying homes in Ridi village. 

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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