Flash flood kills at least 7 hikers in China
BEIJING, July 12 (Reuters) - Seven hikers were killed and a dozen more are missing after being swept away by a flash flood in a scenic gorge near the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
About 400 rescuers worked overnight at the Tanzhangxia Gorge to locate 16 injured members of the group of 35, which had organised the hike through a travel website.
A sudden rainstorm around 4 p.m. triggered the flood, which overcame the group.
Urban Chinese are increasingly using the Internet to organise hikes, auto rallies and other excursions, activities that would have been very rare before the rise in incomes and boom in China's car culture during the last decade. (Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Sugita Katyal)
About 400 rescuers worked overnight at the Tanzhangxia Gorge to locate 16 injured members of the group of 35, which had organised the hike through a travel website.
A sudden rainstorm around 4 p.m. triggered the flood, which overcame the group.
Urban Chinese are increasingly using the Internet to organise hikes, auto rallies and other excursions, activities that would have been very rare before the rise in incomes and boom in China's car culture during the last decade. (Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Sugita Katyal)
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