{"id":98237,"date":"2024-07-20T06:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T06:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/bridge-collapses-in-china-at-least-11-people-dead-and-dozens-missing\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T06:39:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T06:39:20","slug":"bridge-collapses-in-china-at-least-11-people-dead-and-dozens-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/bridge-collapses-in-china-at-least-11-people-dead-and-dozens-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge collapses in China &#8211; at least 11 people dead and dozens missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/07\/768x432\/skynews-china-bridge-collapse_6633382.jpg?20240720073138&amp;resize=768,432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bridge collapses in China &#8211; at least 11 people dead and dozens missing\" title=\"Bridge collapses in China &#8211; at least 11 people dead and dozens missing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>At least 11 people have been killed and dozens more are missing after a highway bridge collapsed in northwest China, authorities have said.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts following the disaster in Shaanxi province, which happened around 8.40pm local time and followed heavy storms and flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Xinhua News Agency said rescue operations were still under way in Shangluo city in the province&#8217;s Zhashui county, with some 20 cars and 30 people still missing.<\/p>\n<p>It said five vehicles that fell off the bridge have been recovered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The agency released a photo showing a section of the bridge had snapped and fallen at an almost 90-degree angle into the rushing water below.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s national fire and rescue authority said it had dispatched a rescue team to the site consisting of 859 people, 90 vehicles, 20 boats and 41 drones.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. 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