Even as rain eased slightly, unstable wet weather conditions have made the search and rescue operation more challenging, officials said.
Even as rain eased slightly, unstable wet weather conditions have made the search and rescue operation more challenging, officials said. Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of the landslide in Chongqing on Jul 17, 2026. cnsphoto via REUTERS Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.
CHONGQING: Rescue crews on Saturday raced to find survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left 34 missing.on the outskirts of Chongqing municipality, when massive amounts of rocks and soil washed down a slope, burying more than 10 residential buildings, state broadcaster CCTV said. Associated Press photos and videos showed that one of the fallen rocks appeared larger than a multistory building, with ruins scattered across the steep terrain.
The landslide contained about 18,000 cubic metres of rocks and debris, and the largest single rock was around 3,000 cubic metres, Wang Chuanjun, head of Planning and Natural Resources in Pengshui County, told a news conference on Friday. CCTV said persistent rain hit Pengshui from Friday night to Saturday morning, with 19.2 centimetres recorded at a weather station. As the rain eased slightly, rescue teams entered the site to conduct on-the-ground inspections of the collapsed buildings and riverbank areas.
Heavy machinery is used to clear rubble to search for trapped persons at the landslide site in Pengshui County on Jul 19, 2026. While rescue operations are being carried out on one side of the massive rocks, teams will later need to look beneath them, where they may risk injury if the boulders become unstable and slide, CCTV reported.
Once the search of the surrounding areas is complete, officers will drill into the boulders and fill the holes with explosives to break them apart, it said. Beyond the deployment of excavators, a CCTV video report showed a search dog barking to alert a rescuer about signs of life. Other residents in Pengshui reported that the water supply to their homes was only available at certain intervals.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission on Saturday allocated a relief fund of 30 million yuan to support the restoration of infrastructure and public service facilities following the disaster. The rain-triggered landslide occurred near a stretch of the Wujiang River, which cuts through karst mountains peppered with small towns and terraces.
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