Divers join search for 14 people in flooded tunnel in China

Rescuers build embankments to pump out water from a flooded tunnel in Zhuhai city in south China’s Guangdong province (Chinatopix via AP)

Divers have been dispatched in the search for 14 workers missing since water flooded a tunnel under construction in southern China three days ago, authorities have said.

Zhang Yisheng, the vice mayor of Zhuhai city, told a news conference that the water level in the tunnel had dropped by 11.3 metres (37ft), according to an online report by state broadcaster CCTV.