STR/AFP/Getty Images(BEIJING) — At least 15 people are dead and more than 120 missing after a landslide in southwestern China buried a village, according to state media.
Heavy rainfall caused part of a mountain in southwestern China’s Sichuan province to collapse early Saturday morning local time, hitting Xinmo village in Maoxian county.
More than 1,000 rescue workers are on the scene searching for survivors under heavy boulders, state media reported. As of Saturday night, 15 bodies were recovered from the debris and the death toll was expected to rise.
Five hours after the landside hit the village, three people from one family were rescued and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to China’s Xinhua news agency.
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