Survivors
Rescue workers at the site of the collapsed building in Changsha

Survivor Rescued From Collapsed China Building

A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four days ago in central China, state media said, calling the rescue a "miracle".The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province – which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema – caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders.State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of a person wrapped in a thick striped blanket being carried on a stretcher – the ninth

3 May 2022
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Lao dam collapse survivors homeless a year on

Thousands are languishing in displacement camps in Lao a year after a dam break unleashed floodwaters and killed dozens of people in the impoverished state, a new report on the anniversary of the disaster said Tuesday.For the past decade, Lao has been on a dam-building spree to serve as the "battery of Asia", but experts have long warned about environmental dangers and the breakneck construction pace.An auxiliary dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydroelectric project in southern Lao col

24 July 2019
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