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Parts of the country
Persistent rainfall and sudden heavy rainfall
Several landslides have been triggered
The number of casualties is staggering
Hunan
At 4:30 a.m. on June 23, a sudden landslide occurred in the Longtang Group of Douxi Village, Yushi Town, Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, causing 4 houses to collapse and 8 people from 2 households to lose contact.
As of 19:30, all 8 missing people have been found, all of whom have no vital signs, and the rescue work has ended.
Jiangxi
At around 5 a.m. on June 23, a landslide occurred in Yikeng Village, Xikou Town, Xiushui County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, resulting in the collapse of a two-and-a-half-story steel-concrete structure house and killing two people.
Shanxi
At about 18:56 on June 20, the S249 Chuanwan Village section of Xikou Town, Hequ County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province caused a landslide geological disaster due to rainfall, causing the road to be blocked in both directions, 2 people were killed and 4 people were injured. Among the injured, one person suffered minor injuries and three were hospitalized, all of whom were not life-threatening.
Fujian
On the evening of June 16, affected by heavy rainfall for several days, a landslide occurred in Qingyuan Mountain, Shanghang County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, and a centuries-old temple collapsed. At the time of the incident, six people were taking refuge in the temple to avoid the rain, but they were buried and lost due to the collapse of the temple.
Before and after the collapse of the temple
After several days of all-out search and rescue, all 6 missing people have been found. None of them were confirmed to have no vital signs.
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Geological disaster warning information has been issued in many places
Landslides and other disasters are prone to occur during the flood season
How to save yourself and escape in the event of an encounter?
It is important to master the knowledge of risk avoidance!
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What is a landslide?
Landslide is one of the common geological hazards, which refers to the effect and phenomenon that a certain part of the rock and soil on the mountain slope moves to the bottom of the slope under the action of gravity along a certain weak structural plane (zone). It is commonly known as "walking the mountain", "collapsing the mountain", "slippery", "slippery", etc.
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What conditions can trigger a landslide?
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What are the anomalies before the landslide?
- A large number of radial cracks appeared on the slopes of the hill, both transverse and longitudinal.
- The trees on the hillside are tilted.
- At the foot of the hillside, where there was no spring, the water was bubbling up.
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How to avoid a landslide?
- Stay calm and quickly flee to the high ground on both sides in the direction of the landslide, and never escape in the direction of the slide.
- When you can't escape, quickly hold on to a fixed object such as a tree around you and take shelter under a strong obstacle.
- After the landslide stops, you should continue to stay in a safe area, and do not immediately enter the disaster area to search for property to avoid secondary distress.
Source: China Fire Protection