Flooding in western China, the worst in 50 years for some areas, triggered a landslide that buried up to 40 people Wednesday and destroyed a high-profile memorial to a devastating 2008 earthquake.
Meanwhile, to the northeast, at least 12 workers were killed when a violent rainstorm caused the collapse of an unfinished coal mine workshop they were building, said a statement from the city government of Jinzhong, where the accident occurred. The accident Tuesday night came amid heavy rain and high winds across a swath of northern China, including the capital, Beijing.
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