40 missing in mudslide in SW China

40 missing in mudslide in SW China
June 28, 2012
Xinhua

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/28/content_15531731.htm

CHENGDU - About 40 workers at a hydropower station went missing in a
rain-triggered mudslide Thursday morning in southwest China's Sichuan
province, according to local authorities.

The disaster occurred at 6:14 am at the construction zone of Baihetan
Hydropower Station in Ningnan county, Liangshan Yi autonomous
prefecture, said a spokesman with the provincial emergency management
office.

The number of missing workers was initially estimated at 38 to 41,
according to the spokesman.

The Baihetan Hydropower Station, currently under construction by the
China Three Gorges Corporation, is located on the lower reaches of the
Jinsha River, a major headwater stream of the Yangtze River, the
country's longest waterway.

With an estimated gross installed capacity of over 14 million kilowatts,
the station is expected to be put into use by 2020.
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