21 dead in NW China rainstorm-triggered flood
Updated: 2013-08-21 12:53
(Xinhua)
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XINING - Twenty-one people were killed and three others remain missing after a rainstorm-triggered flood in Northwest China's Qinghai province, said local authorities on Wednesday.
Sudden rainstorms and hail battered Wulan County in Mongolian-Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Haixi around 7 pm Tuesday, washing away more than 20 workers, said the county government.
The workers were repairing a construction site at the time when the tragedy happened.
As of Wednesday morning, 21 people have been confirmed dead and seven others have been sent to a local hospital for injuries.
The search for three missing people is under way.
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