One dead, 28 missing after China’s landslide
China correspondent
Xinhua/APAccording to the Chinese state media, at least one person has died and 28 is missing after a landslide in Southwest China.
The landslide buried 10 houses in Jinping village (03:50 GMT) in Sichuan province at 11:50 on Saturday and implicated several inhabitants. Two people were rescued.
According to a statement by the Bureau of Emergency Management of County, a command center has been set up at the scene.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the “all-out” rescue of the trapped people.
State media images show a major collapse of mud and rock from a steep hill, which appears as a small village.
According to a statement by China’s Emergency Management Ministry, hundreds of emergency employees are looking for the remaining people. About 200 people have been vacated.
President Xi has ordered the officials to “make every effort to find and protect the missing people, reduce the number of casualties and handle properly”.
Chinese Premier Lee Kiang also asked for checking the risks of potential geological threats in nearby areas.
According to local media reports, villagers have said that large rocks were often seen rolling the mountain in the last six months.
LI also said that the residents who were in danger should be evacuated to stop another disaster, the AP news agency said citing Xinhua.
Fifty million yuan ($ 6.9m; £ 5.5m) is allocated to repair infrastructure and public services from the central government funds, AP.
The remote, hilly parts of the south-west of China can be suffering from landslides.
In January 2024, A landslide kills dozens of people in Chinese Yunnan province When a steep rock collapsed and destroyed the part of a village.
11 years ago, at least 18 people were killed in a separate landslide in the same region.
