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Death toll from SW China mudslides rises to 32

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-23 19:54
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GONGSHAN, Yunnan - The death toll from the mudslides in a remote mountain township in Southwest China's Yunnan province has risen to 32, with 60 others still missing as of 6:00 pm Monday, said a local official.

Death toll from SW China mudslides rises to 32
Local residents cross a river on a temporary bridge in Gongshan, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Aug 23, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Hou Xinrong, police chief of Gongshan county, told reporters that three bodies were recovered Monday -- one under mudslide debris and two at the downstream of the swollen Nujiang River.

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People can walk across a newly-built bridge into and out of the disaster-hit area Monday, but the bridge needs further consolidation before vehicles can cross it, Hou said.

The mudslides struck Puladi township in Gongshan at about 1:30 am Wednesday, burying villages under a deep sludge of mud. Rescue and relief efforts had been hampered by continuous rain.