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Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2013 shows a truck damaged by 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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