Rescuers seek survivors of China landslide

More than a dozen dead and another dozen missing after massive landslide in
southwest China

Rescuers search for survivors and victims in the debris of houses devastated by the landslide in Yingping village Photo:
Imaginechina/REX
AP
6:13AM BST 29 Aug 2014
Hundreds of rescuers hunted Friday for survivors of a massive landslide in southwestern China that
killed at least 14 people.
More than 600 members of specialised search and rescue teams were working in a pair of destroyed
villages in Guizhou provinces, state media reported. They came equipped with electronic devices to
detect signs of life, as well as backhoes and other specialized equipment, the reports said.
Another 11 people were still missing and 22 left injured from the collapse of a mountainside on
Wednesday night following three days of heavy rain.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 77 houses collapsed or were buried in the landslide. The
breaching of a small reservoir during the landslide also caused flooding that covered houses up to
their roofs.
State-run China National Radio cited villagers saying they had complained for years to authorities
about weakening of the mountainside caused by past mining operations.