纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Landslide in Southern China Buries Dozens and Sends Hundreds Fleeing
January 24, 2024 2 min 269 words
这则报道揭示了中国南方发生的山体滑坡事件，数十人被掩埋，数百人被迫撤离。这次灾害凸显了地质问题和应急响应的紧迫性。中国在城市化和基础设施建设方面取得了显著进展，但同时也伴随着土地资源过度利用和环境压力。政府需要更加关注地质风险，通过科学规划和建设，提高灾害防范水平。报道中所述数百人的疏散也突显了应急管理的挑战，提醒社会各界及时完善灾害应对体系，以最大程度减少人员伤亡。这一事件对中国南方地区的生态和城市规划提出了深刻的警示，促使当地政府加强对潜在风险的监测和应对措施。
A landslide in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province on Monday left at least eight people dead and 39 others buried, according to the Chinese state media, as a cold wave blanketed much of the country.
State media said that more than 500 people had been evacuated. Aerial footage of the disaster site from the state broadcaster, China Central Television, showed a dark, gaping furrow gouged out of a snowy mountainside, which had carved through wide swaths of terraced fields and into a cluster of low houses.
The landslide occurred just before 6 a.m. on Monday, hitting two small villages in the northernmost part of the province, near the borders with Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces. The villages, Hexing and Heping, are sparsely populated, in a mountainous area that was once one of the poorest parts of China.
Hundreds of workers were climbing over snow-dusted rubble to rescue the missing residents, who came from at least 18 different households, state media reported. The temperature at the landslide site was below freezing on Monday morning, and snow was continuing to fall.
Temperatures had plunged across much of China over the weekend, with blizzards expected in much of southeastern China on Monday, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. Some trains traveling across the region were canceled due to the weather.
The cause of the landslide in Yunnan and whether it was related to the cold snap were not immediately clear. The climate in that part of Yunnan is typically subtropical, with an average temperature in January of about 36 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the national meteorological authorities.
Joy Dong contributed reporting from Hong Kong.