Five rescued from floods in China
Reuters
2013-05-10
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Flash floods in southwestern China stranded five men in the centre of a gushing torrent on Thursday (May 9), state media reported.
The workers had been trying to cross a channel near the city of Leshan, Sichuan province, in trucks when water rose rapidly, official broadcaster CCTV reported.
The men climbed onto the roof of a mechanical digger while people on the bank tried to find a way to rescue them.
After several attempts to throw over a rope from the shore, one man used a fishing rod and cast over the rope which the men then attached to the arm of the digger.
A fire-fighter then pulled himself along the line to reach them, and each of the men was pulled over to safety.
Flash floods in southwestern China stranded five men in the centre of a gushing torrent on Thursday (May 9), state media reported.
The workers had been trying to cross a channel near the city of Leshan, Sichuan province, in trucks when water rose rapidly, official broadcaster CCTV reported.
The men climbed onto the roof of a mechanical digger while people on the bank tried to find a way to rescue them.
After several attempts to throw over a rope from the shore, one man used a fishing rod and cast over the rope which the men then attached to the arm of the digger.
A fire-fighter then pulled himself along the line to reach them, and each of the men was pulled over to safety.
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