Landslide death toll reaches 23
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Medical care personnel examine Cao Lele, who survived a landslide after being buried for about 54 hours. |
Zhang Haiyan, 37, whose wife and 6-year-old daughter died in the disaster, and who broke his back, said he and his neighbors found some sections of earth had recently broken away from the slope but they had paid little attention.
The local government has agreed to pay 7,000 yuan ($1,025) in compensation per fatality to victims' families and to house survivors in local hotels until permanent accommodation can be organized.
A total of 152 people from 46 households have been moved to temporary accommodation and another 139 people whose houses were near the landslide have gone to live with relatives, the local government said.
The rescue work continues.
