Mudslides strand over 400 vehicles in Xinjiang
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URUMQI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 vehicles are stranded 1 following rain-triggered mudslides that cut off multiple sections of a major road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous 2 region, border police said Saturday.
Several stretches of National Highway 314 within the Kirgiz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu were buried by landslides 3 triggered by downpours that started on Friday night, said Zhu Yong, a border police officer.
No casualties were reported in the landslides and local police have delivered food and water to the stranded motorists.
As of 4 p.m., traffic on the road had resumed partially 4.
The 314 National Highway starts from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and serves as a major route to Pakistan.
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
adj.自治的;独立的
- They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
- This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
山崩( landslide的名词复数 ); (山坡、悬崖等的)崩塌; 滑坡; (竞选中)一方选票占压倒性多数
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
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