BEIJING: State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported that several major tourist attractions within the park were closed while stranded visitors were safely evacuated.
The evacuations came as Chinese authorities issued the country’s highest-level flood warning for several provinces following Typhoon Noul, described as the strongest typhoon to strike China this year. The storm has brought torrential rain to southern and central parts of the country, increasing the risk of floods and landslides.
In the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, a rain-triggered landslide killed 11 people, while about 50 others remain missing, according to official reports.
At least 21 people died after ⁠a landslide struck Tanchang, a mountainous county in the northwestern province of Gansu, while flash floods at a camping spot in Gansu’s Weiyuan county killed 10 tourists and injured 23 others.
In a separate incident, five people were killed after a landslide buried a house in a village in Shanxi province, as emergency teams continued search and rescue operations in the affected areas.