Eighty - five people are still unaccounted for a twenty-four hours after a bizarre landslip struck the southerly Formosan city of Shenzhen . Experts say the landslide was not a innate catastrophe , but rather a homo - made catastrophe triggered by the overweening piling of industrial thriftlessness .
aeriform drone images demonstrate large swath of ruby mud piled on top of crushed building Chunks of concrete , sword , and chicken feed can be seen strew across a huge field . Mobile phonefootagecaptured the mo the landslip ploughed through the city like a tsunami .
One harrowing video shows an entire building collapsing under the weight of the mud and detritus :
The landslide , which struck yesterday morning , hit 33 buildings in Shenzhen , a highly populated boomtown that ’s located across the mainland molding from Hong Kong . Back in the eighties , Shenzhen was a minuscule sportfishing hamlet , but like other Chinese townspeople in thespecial economic zone , it was quickly train and convert into a bustling city .
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The rubble airfield from the disaster covers a vast arena measure 455,000 square K . In add-on to destroy buildings , the landslide also cause a natural gas word of mouth to explode .
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In the minutes and hours following the landslide , seven people were pull from the rubble with venial injuries . The mud is up to 32 foot thick-skulled in some places , making rescue attempts difficult . C of rescuers are feverishly looking for anyone who might have make it .
Officials say the twist junk , which had been pile up on a steep hillside for two years , had loosened watch heavy rain . The 330 - foot - high hill contained excavated soil , bit of cement , and other construction waste .
“ Because the knoll was very large , and the angle of its slope was excessively unconscionable , this led to it losing stability and collapsing , ” notice China ’s Land and Resources Ministry ina BBC article .
The Taiwanese premier has now ordered an investigating . The landslide number just four months aftera series of vast explosions at a storage warehouse filled with chemicals in Tianjinkilled at least 50 multitude . Rapid industrialization , along with feeble industrial condom and zoning Torah , are cited as among the major cause of both cataclysm .
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