Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-09-19 16:33
In the northwestern province of Shaanxi, at least 20 people have died and 22 others are missing, the Civil Affairs Ministry said on its website (www.mca.gov.cn).
Seventeen of them died after a rain-triggered landslide buried several workshops in provincial capital Xian, the official Xinhua news agency added.
In neighboring Henan province, floods have killed at least six people and cut off a main rail line, the report said.
Another 13 people have died in southwestern Sichuan province, and more than 300,000 people have been evacuated in Guangan city, Xinhua said.
old inpro:
Taxonomy upgrade extras:
