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Video: Landslide in China sweeps away 28 houses

 

Wednesday 24 July 2013 12:20 BST
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Dramatic footage has captured the moment a giant stream of mud and rocks poured down the side of a mountain in China.

The landslide in Sichuan province swept away 28 houses and six hectares of farmland, forcing around 14,00 villagers to be evacuated as the rocks and earth turned a nearby river into a lake.

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