Three killed, six missing in tsunami in Changsha

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Three killed, six missing in tsunami in Changsha

Three people were killed and six reported missing after a tsunami swept away two tractors carrying 21 people in the coastal town of Changsha, Rudong County, east China's Jiangsu Province.

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Three people were killed and six reported missing after a tsunami swept away two tractors carrying 21 people in the coastal town of Changsha, Rudong County, East China's Jiangsu Province.

The huge wave came ashore at around 5 a.m. Sunday, hitting the tractors which were transporting peasants to the shore to collect seaweed.

Local police sent four boats to search for the missing people, and alerted fishing boats nearby to join the search. Forty boats came to help.

Twelve people were rescued, said a local authority spokesman, adding the search was continuing.

Source: Xinhua

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