Death toll rises to 24 after highway collapses in China’s rain-hit Guangdong province
The cave-in happened around 2am in Dabu county of Guangdong’s northern Meizhou city. Nearly 18 metres (59 feet) of the mountainous Meizhou-Dabu highway crumbled into the forested slope below, sending vehicles tumbling down. In all, 20 vehicles and 54 passengers were caught up in the accident, the local government said, as it issued revised casualty … Read more
