Deng Tianshou, 70, lived downstream from the village. As he describes it, at sometime after 4 p.m. on August 9, he was sitting in the verandah of his home, watching the violent rainfall with alarm, when he suddenly heard a loud bang.
70 歲、住在村子下方的民族村民鄧添壽描述，8 月 9 日下午 4 點多，他正坐在屋前走廊看著暴雨發愁，忽然聽到「砰！」