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Reservoir collapse kills 15, injures 23 in Yunnan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-22 11:13
A small reservoir collapsed in heavy rain early on Thursday in southwest
China's Yunnan Province, leaving 15 dead, 23 injured and one missing, the local
government said Friday.
By 10:00 a.m. Friday, the accident had affected 146 people in 36 families in
Xiaocaoba township of Yiliang County, said Guo Youquan, an official with the
county government.
Altogether 19 houses and 40 hectares of cropland in three villages were
drowned after the collapse of the reservoir, which has a storage capacity of
80,000 cubic meters, and direct economic loss was estimated at about 4.64
million yuan (560,000 US dollars), he said.
The county had been plagued by heavy rain for days when the accident occurred
at 6:20 a.m. and most villagers were still asleep, said Guo.
At least 500 people have joined the rescue work and the county government has
sent flood relief materials to the area.
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