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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TAIYUAN, July 27 (Xinhua) — One person was killed and 13 others are missing after contact with a mid-size bus was lost early Sunday in north China's Shanxi Province amid days of heavy rain, local authorities said Sunday evening.
The mid-size bus carrying 14 people went missing early Sunday morning near a village in Tianzhen County, Datong City, the emergency rescue headquarters said.
According to the headquarters, at 13:43 a dead person was found downstream, later identified as one of those who were on the bus.
As of 4:00 p.m., various agencies have mobilized more than 700 rescuers to search roads and rivers where the bus may have passed. The operation involves two helicopters, eight drones and six kayaks.
The authorities also organized a search by administration staff, residents and police officers from the volosts and villages along a 20 km stretch upstream and downstream from the place where contact with the bus was lost.
China's Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a task force to coordinate rescue operations on site, and the National Institute of Disaster Management has delivered aeromagnetic equipment to assist in the search.
Local roads have been flooded after days of continuous rains since July 23, Xinhua correspondents reported from the scene. Water mixed with mud and sand has covered roads and bridges, complicating search and rescue efforts. –0–
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