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19-08-2020, 06:00 PM
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site.
Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan province, as muddy flood water rose over its toes for the first time since 1949, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
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China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten Leshan Giant Buddha Heritage Site (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/china-evacuates-100-000-as-floods-threaten-leshan-giant-buddha-heritage-site.291168/)
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site.
Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan province, as muddy flood water rose over its toes for the first time since 1949, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Authorities have been at...
China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten Leshan Giant Buddha Heritage Site (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/china-evacuates-100-000-as-floods-threaten-leshan-giant-buddha-heritage-site.291168/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/china-evacuates-100-000-as-floods-threaten-leshan-giant-buddha-heritage-site.291168/).