41 missing in Wenchuan Mudslides
As of 3 PM yesterday (August 17), the mudslide which took place last week in Wenchuan County's Yingxiu Town, the center of the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, has left at least 10 people dead. 41 were reported missing, amongst which 28 are workers participating in poster-disaster construction projects sponsored by Guangdong. Our journalist Chang Zhifeng has the report:
One of the members in the aid program is Mr. Chen Zhibiao from the Dongguan taxation bureau. He witnessed the disaster as it happened:
[record] when I arrived at the scene I saw the last mudslide. Water, earth and rocks all poured down from the river, very powerful. It reached the Mingjiang River within a very short time. I felt so upset to see the place we spent so much effort in rebuilding destroyed by flood waters.
He also spoke of the casualties caused by the disaster.
"record" all members of our work team are safe, however, some construction workers and technicians are missing.
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