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China: Landslide: 2010/08/19 Country Information on DRR

Period 2010/08/19
Country or District China
Event Type Landslide
Outline The mudslides stuck Puladi Township in Gongshan, Yunnan Province at about 1:30 a.m. 19 August 2010, burying villages under a deep sludge of mud. 12 people were killed, with 80 others still missing.
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Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Xinhua English 2010/08/24
The death toll from the mudslides in a remote mountain township in southwest China\' s Yunnan Province has risen to 37, with 55 others still missing as of 6:00 p.m. 24 August.

Xinhua English 2010/08/20
Rescuers struggling to search for 80 still missing in SW China deadly mudslides