ZHOUQU, China (Reuters) - Wails of grief echoed through a Chinese town half buried by a landslide two days ago, as relatives washed the mud-covered bodies pulled from the ruins and desperately hunted for survivors.
Rescuers and locals, most with just shovels, hoes and rope to work with, on Monday spread out over more than 2 km of devastated land to burrow down into homes engulfed by a torrent of mud and floodwater sweeeping down from the slopes around Zhouqu late on Saturday night.
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