BEIJING:  Rescuers were pumping out water on Thursday to try to find 14 construction workers trapped by a flood in a tunnel being built in southern China. More than 1,000 rescuers have been dispatched to save the 14 people trapped in a tunnel in China's Guangdong Province.

According to report, the construction site of the Shijingshan tunnel, part of the city's Xingye expressway, flooded at around 3.30 a.m., said the local emergency management bureau. Rescuers were still unable to make contact with the trapped workers as of 1 p.m. The Department of Emergency Management of Guangdong Province has dispatched eight emergency rescue teams from cities surrounding Zhuhai to the scene, and cooperated with city officials to carry out rescue work. 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.

Zhuhai is a coastal city near Macao at the mouth of the Pearl River delta. It was one of China's early special economic zones when the ruling Communist Party started opening up the nation's economy about 40 years ago.

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