A flash flood triggered by sudden heavy rainfall killed at least 10 people and injured 23 others in Weiyuan county of Dingxi city in Gansu province on Sunday. Local public security and rescue departments sent rescue teams to the site as several tourists camping in the scenic area were trapped.
Xinhua reported the casualty count, placing the flood at a tourist destination in northwestern China and showing how quickly a rainfall event can turn a campsite into an emergency scene. The sequence matters for anyone still in the area: injuries have already been counted, and the rescue response began the same day the flood hit.
Weiyuan county rescue response
The flood struck after sudden heavy rainfall, and the first response came from local public security and rescue departments. Their dispatch to the site means the immediate priority shifted from the storm itself to reaching people caught in the scenic area and accounting for the injured.
The report says several tourists camping there were trapped, but it gives no number. That leaves the scale of the rescue effort tied to the number of people already counted as missing from open areas, not to a full census of the campsite.
Dingxi city casualty count
The death toll stood at 10, with 23 others injured. Those figures make the event larger than a typical weather disruption and put the focus on whether every trapped tourist has been reached and whether the injured will need continued treatment.
For people in the scenic area, the practical issue is immediate: stay clear of low ground and follow instructions from the departments on scene. The flood has already crossed from heavy rain into a casualty event, and the main unanswered point is how many tourists were trapped and what their outcome was.
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