This comes three weeks after a devastating mudslide left more than 1,700 people dead or missing, a senior military official said Friday.

一位高级军官于星期五说道，这次水淹与造成1700多人死亡或失踪的灾难性泥石流相隔三个星期。

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That means seizing the opportunity provided by tragedy to clear out the ranchos, the slums built on steep hillsides or in gullies that deforestation and erosion have turned into mudslide-prone death traps.

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