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Dozens of people were buried in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province CCTV via AP
Yunnan province
Landslide in mountainous south-western China buries 47 people and forces evacuation of 200 others
The incident took place in the village of Liangshui, under the town of Tangfang in Zhenxiong County.
A LANDSLIDE IN in south-western China’s mountainous Yunnan province early today buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more.
The disaster struck just before 6am local time in the village of Liangshui, under the town of Tangfang in Zhenxiong County.
The county publicity department said rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in 18 separate houses.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
The cause of the landslide was not immediately known, although photos from the scene appeared to show snow on the ground.
The landslide comes just over a month after China’s most powerful earthquake in years struck to the north-west in a remote region between Gansu and Qinghai province.
At least 149 people were killed in the 6.2-magnitude temblor that struck on 18 December, reducing homes to rubble and triggering heavy mudslides that inundated two villages in Qinghai province.
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