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Rescuers being evacuated as secondary landslide forecast

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-06-26 13:22
MAOXIAN, Sichuan - Rescuers searching for victims trapped by a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province were ordered to be evacuated, as risks of a secondary landslide were forecast Monday morning.

The Sichuan provincial work safety bureau issued the order at 11:10 a.m., after radar monitoring found the moving and deformation of the hillside in Maoxian County, where the landslide occurred on Saturday.
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