Handling in China: 28 missing and rescue workers in action!

Handling in China: 28 missing and rescue workers in action!

Jinping, Sichuan, China - In the southwest of China, a tragic landslide has occurred that has already resulted in terrible consequences. Two days after this accident, which took place in the village of Jinping in the province of Sichuan, 28 people are still missing while a dead man was recovered. The infrastructure suffers greatly from the conditions: cold, bad weather and slippery roads make the use of the military, fire brigade and disaster protection. According to information from the Kleinenzeitung.at, the slipped earth mass extends over more than a kilometer and has an estimated thickness of up to 20 meters.

as reported Nau.ch, ten buildings were also buried under the earth masses, which had to evacuate a total of 360 people from 95 households and have to be accommodated in emergency shelters. China's President Xi Jinping has ordered everything possible to find the missing persons and minimize the losses. The rescuers are under high pressure: The constant risk of another landslide makes their work also risky.

Such events are not unusual in this mountainous region, where earth masses often slip on steep slopes. With similar incidents in the past, such as a landslide in the nearby province of Yunnan over a year ago, more than 30 people lost their lives. The state has now initiated increased measures to cope with disaster in order to help the survivors and missing in every conceivable way.