China Landslide Leaves Over 40 Buried, Rescue Ops On In Yunnan

Beijing: At least 47 people were buried in a landslide that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province on Monday. The disaster happened in the Liangshui village of Zhaotong city at 5:51 am Beijing time, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

State broadcaster CCTV said a preliminary investigation showed 44 people from 18 households had been buried in the landslide. More than 200 people have been “urgently evacuated” from the region, CCTV reported. The cause of the landslide was not immediately known.

Footage posted on social media by a local broadcaster showed emergency workers in orange jumpsuits and helmets picking through piles of collapsed masonry amid towering mountains dusted with snow.