BEIJING (AFP) - The death toll in a landslide which buried a village in southwest China rose to 29, according to state media, with 22 still missing days after the disaster struck.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - The death toll in a landslide which buried a village in southwest China rose to 29, according to state media, with 22 still missing days after the disaster struck.
A thick torrent of mud buried 21 houses in the landslide last Tuesday, and state broadcaster CCTV broadcast footage of rescue workers trying to reach survivors through a huge mound of earth.Xinhua said a local school had been set up as an emergency medical and rescue centre, with"multiple rescue teams and experts" still searching for those missing.
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