The Big Picture - Boston.com
At midnight on Sunday, August 8th, a temporary lake caused by a recent
landslide broke loose above the town of Zhouqu, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture, China. The outflow slid down the valley as a wall of mud, wiping
out houses and muli-story buildings, and killing at least 1,144 residents -
with over 600 still reported as missing. More than 10,000 soldiers and
rescuers arrived soon to comb through the mountains of mud that buried
several parts of Zhouqu County. Engineers also worked to blast the debris
that had passed through the town to partially block the Bailong River,
causing further flooding. Collected here are images of the landslide-affected
area of northwestern China, part of a series of disasters in Asia caused by
recent heavy rains.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/landslides_strike_zhouqu_count.html