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Research center will help prepare for disasters
2010-08-21 09:04
China's first academic institute to specialize in the management of natural disasters is expected to be founded in late 2011 or early 2012 in Southwest China's Sichuan province, the location of a devastating earthquake in May 2008 that left 87,000 people dead or missing.
16 dead in Sichuan mudslides
2010-08-21 08:41
Flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rain in Southwest China's Sichuan province have left at least 16 people dead and 66 missing.
Geological disasters spike this year
2010-08-21 08:36
China recorded more than 26,000 geological disasters in the first seven months of this year, nearly 4 times the number in the same period last year, Minister of Land and Resources Xu Shaoshi said Friday.
16 dead in Sichuan mudslides Research center to help prepare for disasters
Overseas Chinese mourn Gansu mudslide victims
2010-08-16 08:58
Overseas Chinese have held memorial meetings and other mourning activities recently to remember the victims of a massive mudslide in Northwest China that killed at least 1,248 people.
Int'l community continues condoling with China on landslide
2010-08-13 20:31
Leaders of many foreign countries and international organizations have recently sent condolences to China over deadly landslides in Northwest China.
Death toll from Zhouqu mudslide rises to 1,156
2010-08-13 18:55
The death toll from the massive mudslide in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 1,156 as of 4 p.m. Friday, with 588 still missing, local authorities said
Condolences pour in from world over
2010-08-13 07:31
Foreign countries and international organizations have offered condolences to China following the deadly mudslides in Zhouqu county.
More than 1,100 volunteers helping
2010-08-13 07:14
Volunteer Lu Xidai was busy all day Thursday distributing donated baby milk powder to young mothers whose homes were destroyed in the deadly landslide in Zhouqu.
More people go missing after fresh mudslides
2010-08-13 07:11
An overnight downpour on Wednesday triggered a fresh wave of floods and mudslides along the Bailong River in Zhouqu, leaving three more people missing. Toll climbs to 1,156 What caused slide
Downpour hits Zhouqu, three missing
2010-08-12 20:45
An overnight downpour has brought new disaster to Northwest China's mudslide-ravaged town of Zhouqu, leaving three people missing, said local authorities Thursday.
Region plagued by soil erosion
2010-08-12 08:03
As I entered the Ganan Tibetan autonomous prefecture - especially when we were about to drive into the mudslide-stricken Zhouqu county - I saw signs everywhere: "Beware of landslides and falling rocks!"
Police vigilant on public security
2010-08-12 08:02
Housed in two tents in the county's Chunjiang Square, the Zhouqu public security bureau reopened for work on Wednesday evening following the devastating mudslide that hit the county on Sunday.

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