Water levels receding but many people still missing

CHENGDU: Medics sprayed disinfectant on both sides of the upper reaches of the Dadu River in Hanyuan county, Sichuan province, yesterday, after the water level dropped more than 1 m.

Water had washed away part of the blockage formed in the river by the debris of a major landslide last Thursday night, said Wang Yawen, chief of the Ya'an municipal emergency response office.

Ya'an city has Hanyuan under its administration.