{"id":39992,"date":"2024-05-01T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/road-collapses-in-china-killing-at-least-24-people-say-officials\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:02:00","slug":"road-collapses-in-china-killing-at-least-24-people-say-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/road-collapses-in-china-killing-at-least-24-people-say-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Road collapses in China killing at least 24 people, say officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/05\/1920x1080\/skynews-meizhou-expressway_6539264.jpg?20240501094154&amp;resize=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Road collapses in China killing at least 24 people, say officials\" title=\"Road collapses in China killing at least 24 people, say officials\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>At least 24 people have died after a section of a road collapsed in southern China, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers are at the scene in Guangdong province after a 60-ft stretch of the road in the city of Meizhou disappeared into a hole.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not confirmed the cause of the collapse, but the mountainous area has experienced heavy rain and storms in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities said 20 cars had fallen into a large opening in the road at about 2am on Wednesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>State broadcaster CCTV reported 30 people had been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial pictures show how one side of the road has caved in and drifted down an adjacent slope.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told local media they heard a loud noise and saw a hole open up several metres wide behind them after driving along the section of the road just before it collapsed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more on Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/met-office-issues-weather-warnings-for-thunderstorms-covering-large-parts-of-uk-including-london-brighton-and-cardiff-13117611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Met Office issues UK thunderstorms warning<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/two-men-charged-over-felling-of-sycamore-gap-tree-13126298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes after relentless rains, hail and winds of near hurricane intensity battered southern China last week.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions forced the evacuation of an entire town of more than 1,700 people in Guangdong.<\/p>\n<p>Power lines were brought down and mobile telephone networks were disrupted across the region, as the rains set off dangerous mudslides, overwhelmed homes and destroyed bridges.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/road-collapses-in-china-killing-at-least-24-people-say-officials-13126783\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 24 people have died after a section of a road collapsed in southern China, according to officials. Rescuers are at the scene in Guangdong province after a 60-ft stretch of the road in the city of Meizhou disappeared into a hole. 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