Villagers evacuated for pending landslides

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Updated: 2007-06-25 09:26

A mother, holding her child, stands in front of a collapsed house in her village in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality in southwest China June 24, 2007. Cracks have developed on the mountains and the village ground was sinking. The local government has organized the evacuation of 271 villagers as a massive landslide is pending, threatening the safety of their lives and property. The village, in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, is prone to natural disasters as landslides.[newsphoto]