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Death toll in China landslide rises to 11, rescuers still search for missing

Beijing, China Reuters 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 […]

Dozens missing in landslide in south-west China’s Yunnan province

Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT) Beijing, China Reuters A landslide in China’s Yunnan province killed two people on Monday with dozens missing as rescue operations are underway in snowy sub-zero weather. At least 47 people from 18 households were missing, state-owned China Central Television reported. Two of the missing people had been found dead in early Monday […]