Wed,Aug 21,2013
 |
| 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.
 |  |
Maldives - the best destination for snorkeling
Reading mother and 1,000 days with vegetative daughter
Beauty lies in sports 
PLA's integrated battle group in live-fire drill
Typhoon Utor brings rainstorms to S China
Graceful Posture of Pole Dance Champion
At least 7 killed in massive flooding in Philippines
Collective wedding ceremony for 'Beijing drifters'
Mid-summer Ghost Festival celebrated in Keelung, Taiwan 
A lesson from Ordos: Lie on the bed you make
Construction work of SW China's Shilin tunnel underway
Q&A: How dangerous is botulism?
Day|Week|Month
