Buildings collapse in China landslide

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Buildings collapse in China landslide

SHENZHEN: -- More than 20 industrial buildings collapsed and were left buried in mud after a landslide hit the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Sunday morning (December 20).

More than 900 people have been evacuated from the site but at least 22 people are still missing, according to rescuers who are searching for survivors.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-21

[trogers]

Where are the debris from uprooted trees? All I see is mud...

[Credo]

There are no trees. They were destroyed long, long ago.

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59 missing from landslide that buries buildings in China

BEIJING (AP) — At least 59 people were missing Monday, a day after a massive landslide buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

The official Xinhua news Agency said the landslide buried 33 buildings in the industrial park in Shenzhen, a major manufacturing center in Guangdong province across the border from Hong Kong.

Shenzhen's public security bureau posted a notice online Monday saying that at least 59 people were missing. No deaths were reported.

Xinhua said an area of more than 60,000 square meters (650,000 square feet) was covered with up to 6 meters (20 feet) of mud, according to geological experts at the site.

Li Yikang, the deputy secretary general of the Shenzhen city government, said at a televised news conference that more than 900 people had been evacuated. He said that nearly 1,500 people were involved in rescue efforts.

State broadcaster China Central Television, or CCTV, said that there was a residential area next to the industrial zone, and that the buildings buried included two workers' dormitories.

Ren Jiguang, the deputy chief of Shenzhen's public security bureau, told CCTV that most people had been moved to safety before the landslide hit.

The Beijing Youth Daily, citing a local resident, reported that the soil that slid down onto the area had been piled up against a 100-meter (110-yard) -high hill after being dug up in the past two years in construction work.

State media carried photos of what looked like at least one five-story building leaning over and partly crumpled in the industrial park, and a sea of brown soil covering a vast area around it.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-12-21

[ParadiseLost]

I worked in this area in 2007, and in nearby Zuhai. At that time there was so much construction going on it was unbelievable to see row after row of multistory buildings going up. The roads were a nightmare with convoys of trucks carrying soil everywhere. Now it appears they were not too bright, piling soil against the side of a hill...

Makes one wonder where they managed to procure the services of so many properly qualified, experienced engineers who could understand Chinese...

Expect more of these buildings to come crashing down - as with everything else 'made in China' the input materials are fake, the workmanship sucks and the quality control is non existent. Engineering degrees and tickets are most likely obtained in street markets.

Many spectacular failures to come! Not only in China, but everywhere they are involved in major construction projects, so here's looking forward to Thai rail project...