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Rains triggers massive landslides in China

2011-09-18 114 Dailymotion

Excavators remove rubble in northwest China where massive landslides buried homes and businesses Saturday.<br/> The slips killed at least 11 people, including nine brick and ceramic factory workers.<br/> A survivor tells of his harrowing experience from the hospital where his family's being treated.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) SURVIVOR OF LANDSLIDE AT BRICK FACTORY, ZHOU XINGCHAO, SAYING:<br/> "The whole mountain just collapsed. I thought it was an earthquake at first, so we all rushed out. I was with my older daughter, and my wife with our younger one. After we reached a big tree, I saw rocks and a mudslide rushing towards us, and I pushed my daughter aside, then I lost consciousness. When I came to, I had been pulled out from the dirt."<br/> Rescuers are still searching for survivors as the rain that has battered the area for two weeks continues.<br/> About 26,000 houses have collapsed and more than 100,000 people have been evacuated.<br/> Lindsey Parietti, Reuters

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