Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Deadly Landslides in Bangladesh, Burma, China

Type of event: landslide

Location: Bangladesh, Burma, China

Dates of event: June 15, 2010

Description of event: rain triggers landslide, a collapse site in Pengta Town of Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, heavy rainfall kills and traps more

Loss: 100 dead, 20,000 people have been trapped by the flash floods, many still missing, over 10 billion yuan in damage

Bibliography: http://feww.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/deadly-landslides-kill-100-in-bangladesh-china/
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=59976 http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/15/Officials_Raintriggered_landslides_kill_at_least_38_people_i/

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