Rescuers being evacuated as secondary landslide forecast
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Updated: 2017-06-26 13:22
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MAOXIAN, Sichuan - Rescuers searching for victims trapped by a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province were ordered to be evacuated, as risks of a secondary landslide were forecast Monday morning.
The Sichuan provincial work safety bureau issued the order at 11:10 a.m., after radar monitoring found the moving and deformation of the hillside in Maoxian County, where the landslide occurred on Saturday.
The Sichuan provincial work safety bureau issued the order at 11:10 a.m., after radar monitoring found the moving and deformation of the hillside in Maoxian County, where the landslide occurred on Saturday.
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