Monday, November 3, 2008

China Landslides leaves 41 missing and 26 dead

The landslides in southwestern China has left 41 people missing and 26 people dead.That's according to the state media. Chuxiong city in Yunnan province was hit the most by this landslide. In Chuxiong city, there were 20 deaths and 41 people were missing. Chuxiong city has been hit by heavy rain for the past days. Lincang city reported 2 deaths and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan reported 4 deaths. The heavy rain that has caused these landslides have affected more than 410,000 people. Also, 2300 houses have been damaged and another 1000 have been destroyed.So far, 5 disaster relief teams are at work and 25,000 people have been sent to safe places. Power supply and transportation has also been affected by the landslides.


In my opinion, I think that China should have gotten more disaster relief teams. If China had more disaster relief teams, then less people would have been killed and less people would be missing. Also, China should have a safety plan if another landslide hits China. If China has a plan for the next landslide, then everyone will know what to do and where to go for safety. In my opinion, I think China should give money to the people who lost their house when the landslide struck China.

This is the website from where I read the article:

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