Relief funds allocated in Sichuan after flash flood

According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance, fifty million yuan ($7 million) has been allocated to the Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province as relief funds in after a flash flood and mudslide hit a village in Kangding, the prefecture's capital.

The disaster occurred at about 3:30 am on Saturday in Ridi village, damaging houses and causing a tunnel bridge on the Yakang Expressway to collapse.

Nine people were confirmed dead, and 18 others remained missing as of 9 am on Monday.

Four vehicles carrying 11 people fell off the bridge between two tunnels along the expressway between Kangding and Luding county. Two lives were lost, while one person was rescued and sent to the hospital. Eight individuals remain missing.

Seven people in nearby Ridi village were killed, and 10 are missing, according to the headquarters overseeing the rescue mission.