The death toll caused by mountain torrents that hit an armed
police school in east China Sunday night had risen to 50 by Tuesday
afternoon, rescuers said.
Rescuers are still searching for the 36 people who remain
missing.
More than 7,000 soldiers, policemen and local residents have
been engaged in the rescue work over the past days and have
recovered 50 bodies.
The sudden downpour brought by Typhoon Longwang hit the training
base belonging to the Armed Police Command School in Fuzhou,
capital of Fujian
Province, Sunday night, when mountain torrents dashed against
two houses of the school and washed them away and swept away some
students. ?
Soon after the accident occurred, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of
the Central Military Commission?Hu
Jintao?made a phone call, urging localities to make every
possible effort in searching for the missing students.
(Xinhua News Agency October 5, 2005)