Landslide hits central China, kills 2
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A landslide caused by heavy rainfall toppled a house in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday night, leaving two people dead.
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A villager looks at a toppled house damaged by a landslide in Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province on May 7, 2013. [Photo/Chinanews.com] |
The accident happened at Zhaojiatang village, in Heshan district of Yiyang City at around 10 p.m. when the landslide caused a house to collapse, burying four people.
They were all sent to hospital but two died later. The remaining two are both injured, with one of them in a critical condition.
The local authorities did not say whether the people had been warned of the extreme weather in advance.
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