Two are dead and twelve missing (presumed dead) due to a landslide caused by monsoonal weather at the Xiaowan dam on the Mekong in Yunnan. Thanks to a reader for passing this on.
Mekong dam disaster
July 22nd, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
Tags: China · The Mekong · Trans-Border Issues · Yunnan
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1 A Mekong odyssey // Aug 1, 2009 at 6:09 pm
[...] wonder what sort of conversation the farmers along the Kamchay and the farmers who recently died at the Xiaowan dam in Yunnan could have [...]
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