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As of 4 pm Monday, the death toll in the landslide in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality last Saturday afternoon, rose to 11, with 10 others still missing, said the rescuer officials.
And the five bodies found during the two past days had been cremated on Sunday morning, the officials said.
The three injured, including an adult and two children, have been in good condition, noted the sources.
Heavy rains over the past few days led to mountain torrents that collapsed, at 1:50 pm Saturday, part of a local hill and a coal gangue deposit of the local Nantong Coalmine Bureau in Xinhua Village of Wandong Town of Wansheng District.
And rubbles from the hill and gangue deposit, about 200,000 cubic meters in total, slid 500 meters far and buried 24 farmers from 14 homes nearby.
The government of Chongqing has ordered a thorough check of landslide-prone areas across the city, especially in Wansheng District, while the local people had reinforced a temporary embankment to prevent further danger, which is under close watch by a provisional monitoring station.
The rescuers had planed to clear up the place, where the ruined houses stood before, and all the work is expected to be finished Tuesday.
Fourteen working teams had been set up to deal with aftermath, including resolving the problems faced by the victims, including supplying enough food and accommodation for the affected farmers along with their family members, and arranging funerals for the dead.
Water and power supply were restored by Monday. The rescue work continued.
(Xinhua News Agency June 8, 2004)
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