The Sunday mudslides that happened early morning in china, chengdu has left about 62 people trapped. As of 5 p.m., a total of 50 people had been found, with two deaths, according to the emergency management bureau in the city of Ya’an, which administers Tianquan County.
According to local authority, more than 700 people and over 70 vehicles have been sent to participate in rescue efforts, according to the bureau.
China has been facing mudslides from the past where in July 2021 floods and landslides hit the eastern and southern parts of China damaging more than a hundred homes and killing livestock in southwestern Sichuan province with more than 1,000 residents evacuated.
China has been on high alert after severe flooding hit the region in the summer of 2020. More than 37 million people were affected with an estimated loss of USD 12.3 billion. Rescue drills were carried out ahead of the 2021 rainy season. Heavy rainfall is common during the summer and stormy conditions are likely to continue till August. In May and June this year, heavy rainfall across China has caused at least 21 rivers to flood.
