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21 dead in NW China rainstorm-triggered flood (4)

(Xinhua)    17:00, August 21, 2013
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Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2013 shows materials saved by workers after a rainstorm-triggered flood in Wulan County in Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Sudden rainstorms and hail battered Wulan County around 7 p.m. Tuesday, washing away more than 20 workers. 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. (Xinhua/Li Shaopeng)

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 p.m. 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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