YANGON (AFP):One person died and around 20 were missing after a deluge of water and mud swept through a jade mine in northern Myanmar, a rescue worker and local media said on Tuesday.
An old mining pit used to store rain runoff in Hpakant township in Kachin state burst its banks at around 4:30 am on Tuesday (2200 GMT Monday), a rescuer told AFP.
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