Death toll in southern China highway collapse rises to 36
The death toll in a highway collapse in southern China has risen to 36, as emergency teams continue efforts to recover cars from the scene.
“As of 5:30am on May 2 … 36 people have died, and 30 people have been injured,” state news agency Xinhua reported, adding that the injured were not in life-threatening condition.
The road collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday morning as China began its major May holidays, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year on the roads.
It happened near the city of Meizhou, in Guangdong province.
Heavy rain and flooding caused a section of the road to cave in.
More than 20 vehicles plunged down a ravine in the mountainous area.
Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu has the latest from Beijing.
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