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August 22, 2010

Geological disaster hit Wenchuan, so Wenchuan faces the second reconstruction

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Geological disaster hit Wenchuan, so Wenchuan faces the second reconstruction
Induced by heavy rainfall in the flood season this year under the worst-hit Wenchuan earthquake secondary disasters concentrated outbreak of geological.

August 20, issued outside of Sichuan Province, “813″ serious Debris Flow Disaster in disaster, as of August 19 has caused 576 million people were affected across the province, geological disasters, large-scale 75, the direct economic losses of about tolls 6.89 billion yuan.

As a heavy earthquake hit the Mianzhu Qingping, Longchi Yingxiu and three township of Dujiangyan, is the most affected areas.

Experts in the mountains, the geological earthquake induced secondary disaster will last more than 10 years, of which 5 years is the peak period. Landslides triggered by earthquakes, landslides, mudslides and flash floods disaster chain formation will be tested for a long period of time in Sichuan.

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