Chinese language bridge collapses attributable to heavy rain, 12 lifeless, 30 lacking

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A street bridge collapsed in Shaanxi Province attributable to heavy rain in central China.

Twelve folks have already been discovered lifeless, and round 30 persons are lacking after being swept away by the present.

That is journalist Lee Pil-hee in Beijing.

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A freeway bridge crossing a river.

The roof of the freeway that automobiles ought to journey by way of is damaged and caught within the riverbed.

At round 8:40 final night time, a freeway bridge collapsed in Xiangluo Metropolis, Shaanxi Province, China.

The bridge couldn’t stand up to the sturdy present attributable to heavy rain that continued for a number of days and broke.

It was the drivers who diminished the variety of casualties that occurred in the midst of the night time.

They took the chance of stopping automobiles touring at 100 kilometers per hour.

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“After blocking all three lanes, together with the emergency lane, the vehicles behind us stopped one after the other, and at last we stopped screaming. ”

Close by residents additionally got here to the rescue of the fallen.

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“A person was hanging from a tree department, and about 10 residents have been working collectively to drag him up with a rope.”

State media mentioned 12 folks have been discovered lifeless in seven automobiles that crashed.

He additionally mentioned that 18 automobiles have been swept away and about 30 folks have been lacking.

As Chinese language President Xi Jinping ordered exterior efforts to avoid wasting the lacking, authorities despatched in additional than 900 rescuers, 90 rescue automobiles, and 20 boats.

Heavy rain has been pouring down in central China since final Monday, and specifically, 5 folks have already died and eight persons are lacking in Baoji Metropolis, Shaanxi Province alone.

The variety of victims reached 169,000, and the financial loss was estimated at 1.02 billion yuan, or 200 billion received.

That is Pilhee Lee from MBC Information in Beijing.

Video modifying: Lee Jeong-geun / Video supply: Weibo