16 dead, 36 missing in flash flood in western China

By The Associated Press

Posted August 18, 2022 1:41 am.

Last Updated August 18, 2022 1:46 am.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say that 16 people have died and 36 others are missing after a flash flood in western China’s Qinghai province.

A sudden rainstorm triggered a landslide that diverted a river, state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday.

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