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Sichuan province is tormented by landslides

2011-07-07 Sichuan province is tormented by landslides

China. Sichuan Province, located in the southwest China, is tormented by landslides. Element destroyed much of the central motorway in the region. From several surrounding towns evacuated people. According to rescue services eight people were missing after a mudslide covered that hostel. In the southern Chinese territory are flooded several coal mines. Three miners were found dead. About twenty miners were under the rubble, at the moment it is carried out an operation to rescue them. Traffic police of district Aba said, that as a result of prolonged rainfall on roads of Wenchuan went mudflows, the river changed its direction, there were rock falls, formed gaps.

USA. Fairly awful, but no less beautiful sand storm covered the city of Phoenix, which is located on U.S. territory. Magnificently and seamlessly element captured the city, destroying everything on its path. Wind gusts to near 100 miles per hour rather quickly carried out the sand cloud to the northwest of the United States. Wind damaged a large number of power networks. That resulted in a fire on crossroads with a fairly active movement. Very strong wind left without electricity thousands of people and tumbled down a lot of trees. Thick dust reduced visibility to a minimum. All frights were canceled. This dust storm came through the desert from the south. It is part of the this season monsoon in Arizona, it most often starts in mid-June and lasts until late September.