Rescuers Look for 14 Workers Trapped in China Tunnel After Flood

More than 1,000 workers, 22 fire trucks and five pumping vehicles were taking part in the effort, with search and rescue teams dispatched from surrounding cities in Guangdong province.

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Beijing (AP) -- Rescuers were pumping out water Thursday to try to find 14 construction workers trapped by a flood in a highway tunnel being built in southern China.

The rescuers have not been able to contact the workers missing since the 3:30 a.m. flood, the Zhuhai city emergency management department said in an online post.