Geological disasters spike this year
By Chen Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2010-08-21 07:06
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Rescuers search for survivors after mudslides leveled a remote village of Puladi township in Gongshan, Yunnan province, early on Friday. The disaster left at least 12 people dead as well as 80 others missing and 40 injured. Lin Yiguang / Xinhua |
Country hit by tenfold increase; extreme weather 'partly to blame'
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