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By: Melissa Campos CHINA – Deadly landslide leaves village searching for the missing The civilians of a village in Maoxian county in Sichuan, China became victims to a devastating landslide this week that took the lives of 15 people and left over 120 missing. The province of Sichuan is no stranger to natural disasters, having suffered a massive earthquake that left 87,000 people dead or missing in 2008. The landslide is thought to have been caused by heavy rainfall and a lack of vegetation. Rescue teams continue to work to uncover many others trapped beneath the coat of heavy rock that…

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