More than 30 missing after landslide in south-west China
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The site of a landslide in Jinping village in south-west China's Sichuan province on Feb 8.
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BEIJING – More than 30 people are missing after a landslide in China’s south-western Sichuan province on Feb 8, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The landslide hit Jinping village in the city of Yibin at around 11.50am.
“Ten houses had been buried and more than 30 people were missing,” CCTV said.
People should avoid the area as the landslide was “still ongoing”, the state broadcaster added, quoting on-site rescuers.
Chinese President Xi Jinping had ordered the authorities to do “everything possible to search for and rescue missing people, minimise casualties, and properly handle the aftermath”, it added.
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management said in an online post that two people had been rescued.
Emergency response teams were on site searching for survivors, it added.
The authorities have also allocated 30 million yuan (S$5.6 million) to support the disaster relief efforts. AFP
