8 August 2010
Update: the Gansu landslide
Posted by Dave Petley
Xinhua now reports that the death toll from the Gansu landslide is 127 people, with a further 1,294 people reported to be missing. So far just 28 people have been rescued alive.
The BBC has published an image of the lower part of the slide:
Note the water flooding the lower storey of the buildings in the background.
Nice photo. Scary to see the rebar in the foreground that indicates where some buildings or walls used to be attached.