2010 Gansu mudslide

Flooding over the weekend of 7 and 8 August 2010 set off massive slides in the Zhouqu district of Gansu, in remote northwestern China, where three villages were swallowed in waves of mud and rubble-strewn water. Hundreds died, and Xinhua reported that at least 600 people remained missing, with the last rescues made on the Wednesday that followed. Continuing downpours flooded tents set up as emergency shelters, threatened further landslides and made rescue work nearly impossible.

Date
2010-08-08
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
1287
What the pin marks
The landslide, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Gansu_mudslide

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: mudslide, china, gansu, zhouqu, flooding

Coordinates: 33.78333, 104.36667

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