China landslide kills 43, three missing
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Chinese paramilitary policemen dig through a landslide to search for victims in the Zhaojiagou village in Zhenxiong county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Friday, Jan 11, 2013. Three people remain missing after a landslide which killed 43, including seven from a single family, struck a remote village in China. -- PHOTO: AP
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A woman grieves after her relatives were killed during a landslide in Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Chinese rescue workers carry a dead body they found while searching for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, south-west China's Yunnan province on on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A crane is seen as rescuers search for buried victims after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rescuers search for victims after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, on Jan 11, 2013. Eighteen people have been confirmed dead, two others injured and dozens more remain buried after a landslide hit a mountainous region in southwest China's Yunnan province on Friday, local authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Paramilitary policemen search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: Copyright: REUTERS
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A Chinese excavator and rescue workers search for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese rescue workers search for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese paramilitary policemen and other rescue workers dig through a landslide to search for victims in the Zhaojiagou village in Zhenxiong county in southwest China's Yunnan province Friday, on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Chinese rescue workers carry a dead body they found while searching for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. The death toll from a landslide that hit a mountainous region in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday has risen to 42, after more bodies were retrieved, Xinhua News Agency reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese paramilitary policemen dig through a landslide to search for victims in the Zhaojiagou village in Zhenxiong county in south-west China's Yunnan province on Friday, Jan 11, 2013. Three people remain missing after a landslide which killed 43, including seven from a single family, struck a remote village in China. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman grieves after her relatives were killed during a landslide in Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese rescue workers carry a dead body they found while searching for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, south-west China's Yunnan province on on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
A crane is seen as rescuers search for buried victims after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Rescuers search for victims after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, on Jan 11, 2013. Eighteen people have been confirmed dead, two others injured and dozens more remain buried after a landslide hit a mountainous region in southwest China's Yunnan province on Friday, local authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Paramilitary policemen search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: Copyright: REUTERS
A Chinese excavator and rescue workers search for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese rescue workers search for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese paramilitary policemen and other rescue workers dig through a landslide to search for victims in the Zhaojiagou village in Zhenxiong county in southwest China's Yunnan province Friday, on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Chinese rescue workers carry a dead body they found while searching for buried residents in a disaster-hit area in Gaopo village, southwest China's Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. The death toll from a landslide that hit a mountainous region in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday has risen to 42, after more bodies were retrieved, Xinhua News Agency reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide hit Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIJING (AFP) - Three people remain missing after a landslide which killed 43, including seven from a single family, struck a remote village in south-western China, state media said on Saturday.
Another two victims were sent to hospital after being rescued from the debris from the landslip on Friday which engulfed 16 homes in the village of Gaopo, the official news agency Xinhua said.
It reported that 19 children were among those caught in the disaster.
Rescuers continued their search for the three missing people in the early hours of Saturday morning, with the help of lamps and life detectors in freezing conditions, Xinhua said.
