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ZHOUQU, China — The death toll from landslides in northwestern China more than doubled to 702 Tuesday.
Rescuers digging by hand through mud found a 52-year-old man who had been trapped for more than 50 hours inside a leveled apartment building in the remote town of Zhouqu, where more than 1,000 other people were still listed as missing. Rescuers with sniffer dogs discovered the man.
The disaster in Gansu province was caused when a debris-blocked swollen river burst, swamping entire mountain villages.
The government said 1,042 were missing and about 45,000 were evacuated. More rain is expected in the coming days.
The Associated Press
