On Mon, 16 May 2005 16:36:35 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

BEIJING (Reuters) - A freak blizzard and sand storm killed 15
explorers in mountainous remote northwest China on Friday, the Xinhua
news agency said on Monday.

More than 70 explorers, hired by a company connected to oil giant
China National Petroleum Corp., were working in Haixi prefecture in
Qinghai province, bordering Tibet, when they were hit by a "heavy
snowstorm, rainstorm and sandstorm simultaneously," Xinhua said.
"Fifteen explorers were found dead and 13 others injured in the
snowstorm which was unlikely to happen once in a century," an unnamed
local official was quoted as saying.

Rescue and investigation efforts were continuing, Xinhua said.

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050516/2005-05-16T123622Z_01_PEK199755_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CHINA-STORM-DC.html

(Via Drudge)

dxAce
Michigan
USA


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