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GUIYANG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province, authorities said Monday.
Days of torrential rains triggered flooding of a river near the Nasheng Coal Mine in Dingxiao Township of Qiandongnan Miao and Buyi Prefecture Sunday, trapping eight miners in a shaft, said an official with the emergency response office of the prefecture.
Rescue is under way, and damages remain unknown.
