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Over 1,000 evacuated after mud-slides in Tibet

Xinhua

About 1,536 residents in a remote county in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region have been evacuated after mud-slides triggered by rainstorms and snow killed at least five people, a local official said Saturday.

The evacuees have been relocated out of the immediate danger zone in Zayu County, said Tashi Dargye, secretary of the Nyingchi Prefecture government.

The local government earlier reported that five people had died and one remained missing as of Friday. Close to 14,000 people, or nearly 60 percent of Zayu’s population, were affected, and 10,000 cattle died.

Relief and recovery efforts were underway, said Tashi Dargye. Power and water supplies to most affected villages had resumed and telecommunication services were returning to normal.

Rescuers were clearing blocks on the county’s major roads.

Relief goods of 220 tents, 160 tonnes of food, 1,150 cotton-padded clothes, 1,200 quilts and 10 power generators had arrived and were being distributed to villagers in need, Tashi Dargye said.

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