Work team sent to China's Qinghai to guide rescue efforts

Rescue workers conducting a search a day after a flash flooding caused by a sudden downpour triggered mudslides in Datong county, Xining city, in China's northwestern Qinghai province. - AFP

BEIJING (Xinhua): A working team has been dispatched to northwest China's Qinghai province after heavy rains triggered a mountain torrent disaster there.

The working team sent by the Ministry of Emergency Management as well as the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters urged all-out efforts to find and rescue trapped residents, prevent secondary disasters and help relocate disaster-stricken people.