Pope prays for victims of landslide tragedy in China
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed
his closeness and grief for the victims of a landslide that
engulfed a village in Sichuan province in south-western China.
Speaking on Sunday after the recitation of the Angelus in
St. Peters’ Square, the Pope said “I am close to the population of the Chinese
village of Xinmo that was struck yesterday morning by a landslide caused by
heavy rains”.
“I pray for the dead and for the injured, he said, and for
those who have lost their homes. May God comfort affected families and sustain
rescuers.”
Meanwhile almost 100 people remain missing after the huge
landslide buried homes in Xinmo and hopes of finding survivors are fading.
The bodies of fifteen people have so far been recovered, but
many more are feared trapped beneath the rubble.
Thousands of rescuers were deployed after some 40 homes were
destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county.
Emergency workers have been digging through earth and rocks
for a second day, with rescue dogs scouring the debris for some 93 people who
remain unaccounted for.
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