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Thousands of rescuers are working around the clock to find survivors missing since a river burst its banks early Sunday.
Heavy rains in Gansu Province's Zhouqu County caused mudslides that also blocked part of the river, turning it into a lake. The lake burst, smashing flood waters into hundreds of nearby buildings and homes and burying people in mud and water while they slept.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday traveled to Gansu to tour the disaster area. China's Central Television showed Mr. Wen in a helicopter surveying the devastated town.
He then joined soldiers and other rescue workers trying to free people trapped under buildings, mud and debris.
Source: Voice of America
