China News: Rescue teams in China are working tirelessly to find dozens of missing people after a landslide in Yunnan province. The unstable soil is making it dif
BEIJING A landslide in China's Yunnan province killed eight people on Monday (Jan 22) and dozens were missing as rescue operations continued in snowy, freezing temperatures. At least 47 people from 18 households were missing, state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported. Eight of the missing people had been found dead on Monday afternoon, according to Zhaotong Daily, a local.
The death toll from a landslide in China's Yunnan province rose to 11 on Tuesday as rescue workers battled freezing temperatures and snow to locate dozens of missing people. Rescuers worked through the night sifting deep mounds of earth at the site of the landslide in Zhenxiong County, state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday. One rescuer said large machines cannot be used due to the unstable soil, according to a report from local media outlet The Cover, owned by the Sichuan Daily Newspaper Press Group.