More than 2,700 people are being evacuated from a southwest
China village where unstable rocks on top of a mountain may come
crashing down at any time, said a local government spokesman
Friday.
About 20,000 cubic meters of precarious rock blocks could slide
at any moment from a mountain in Gongtan township, Youyang County
of Chongqing Municipality, the municipality's
bureau of land resources reported Friday.
There are 317 households and eight institutions in the
endangered area, including the township government and a
school.
The evacuation started on Sunday and 35 households have moved to
safe places by Thursday night.
(Xinhua News Agency April 7, 2007)