CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

(220818) -- XINING, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer carries out search and rescue work in Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2022. The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in Qinghai Province has risen to 16 as of Thursday noon, with another 36 still missing, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

(220818) -- XINING, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of China Telecom set up emergency telecommunication equipment in Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2022. The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in Qinghai Province has risen to 16 as of Thursday noon, with another 36 still missing, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

(220818) -- DATONG, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A technician of an ecological and environmental monitoring station checks water quality at Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2022. The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 16 as of Thursday noon, with another 36 still missing, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

(220818) -- DATONG, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are seen in operation at Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2022. The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 16 as of Thursday noon, with another 36 still missing, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-DATONG-FLOOD-DEATH TOLL (CN)

(220818) -- DATONG, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers dredge a river at Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2022. The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 16 as of Thursday noon, with another 36 still missing, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengsheng)

Fire kills 22 racing horses in Miyagi

Fire kills 22 racing horses in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - A mare that won a G-II race last year and 21 other racing horses are killed in a fire on Feb. 11 at a stable in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The wooden stable with a floor space of 764 square meters, one of five stables at a training center run by Shadai Group, Japan's largest producer of racing horses, was destroyed and 22 horses, including Egao-o Misete (Show Me Your Smile), the winner of the 1999 Yomiuri Milers Cup, were killed.