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Sichuan tackles "quake lakes" in quake zone
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
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Sichuan has taken steps to reduce the risks of "quake lakes", formed by landslides that blocked rivers, prior to rainy weather or further aftershocks, said a provincial water resources official. "There were 33 such lakes in Sichuan.
Tags: Southern China, SW China, China Disabled Persons' Federation, Sichuan Province, quake lake, southwest china, Chongqing Municipality
28 killed in China truck crash
Guiyang :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 0 A truck loaded with passengers has run off a bridge into a river in south-west China, killing 28 people and injuring 15, state media said. Xinhua news agency says about 43 passengers on the truck were on their way to a banquet when the accident happened...
Tags: SW China, Buyi, Guizhou, truck plunged
Snapshots at the epicenter of China's quake disaster
Xinhua :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility With the nation in shock from the deadly earthquake on Monday that claimed more than 14,000 lives, information from the epicenter of Wenchuan remained scarce, as the county in a valley had its communications entirely severed in the catastrophe.
Tags: Muyu Middle School, Yinghua Middle School, confirmed dead, SW China
Power resuming in quake-hit village in SW China
Urumqi :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility March 23 (Xinhua) -- Power supply resumed in the quake-stricken area in the southwestern province of Yunnan by Sunday evening, said the local government. An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit Tongbiguan Township, about 40 kilometers
Strong quakes affect 44,000 in Xinjiang
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility At least a dozen earthquakes jolted Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China's remote northwest on Friday affecting 44,000 people, but no casualties reported local authorities said on Saturday. Meanwhile, about 2,200 houses were damaged or
Six dead in coal mine blast in SW China
Chongqing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility March 13 (Xinhua) -- Six miners died in a coal mine blast on Wednesday in southwestern Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said on Thursday. The gas explosion occurred at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday as eight miners were working underground in
Tags: SW China
SW China city suffers power shortage as snowy winter brings chaos
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- With rising temperature, most parts of China have recovered from the month-long winter storm. But Qujing, the second largest city in Yunnan Province is in dire need of power amid severe disruptions caused by another round of
Tags: SW China, Yunnan Province
Snowstorms in SW China leave four dead, 1,000 stranded
Kunming :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Four teenagers on Tuesday were found dead, and more than 1,000 migrant workers were still stranded in snowstorms that have been ravaging the western part of Yunnan Province in southwest China since late January, said local sources
Tags: SW China
China ships 1.9 mln candles to storm-darkened Guizhou province
Guiyang :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Commerce has transported 1.9 million candles to the southwestern Guizhou Province, where a power failure triggered by winter storms caused widespread blackouts. The candles, valued at 1.1 million yuan (about
Tags: Guizhou Province, SW China
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