A total of 439 villagers were rescued after a rain-triggered mudslide damaged their homes in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday.
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![The water with mud crashed onto Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080919/0019b93bd68d0a3d4d9001.jpg "The water with mud crashed onto Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]")
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The water with mud crashed onto Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua] |
The mudslide occurred around midnight in Langhuan village, Xichang city, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, sweeping through the village and crashing down on over 20 houses, and left several hundred of villagers trapped.
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![Mudslides crasrh onto countryside houses in Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080919/0019b93bd68d0a3d4dc702.jpg "Mudslides crasrh onto countryside houses in Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]")
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Mudslides crasrh onto countryside houses in Langhuan village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday, September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua] |
(Xinhua News Agency September 19, 2008)
