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Two Dead and 10 Missing After Mudslide in Eastern China

From Télégraphe · () Arabic

Translated from Arabic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Two people died and 10 remained missing after a mudslide damaged 12 homes in Suichuan county, Jiangxi province.
  • Rescue teams recovered both victims and saved two people, while authorities moved residents to safer areas and continued searching for others.
  • The storm and related flooding damaged more than 100 homes elsewhere in the region, caused a dam to fail and led authorities to evacuate about 600,000 people from dangerous areas.

Two people were killed and 10 remained missing after a mudslide tore through Suichuan county in eastern China’s Jiangxi province following days of heavy rain linked to Tropical Storm Saudel.

The slide damaged 12 homes in the early hours of Saturday. Rescue teams recovered one victim and saved two people in good condition. On Sunday morning, they found a second victim’s body among the rubble of the collapsed houses.

Authorities moved the remaining residents to safer areas as the search continued. The storm had made landfall twice in Zhejiang province before weakening into a tropical storm and reaching Fujian, near Jiangxi.

The weather system also caused more than 100 homes to collapse in Huating town and contributed to the failure of a dam. Floodwaters submerged villages and left residents trapped. By Friday night, authorities had evacuated about 600,000 people from areas considered dangerous, while searches for other missing people continued.

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Originally published by Télégraphe in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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