100 people feared buried by China landslide

BEIJING -- More than 100 people were feared buried after a landslide caused by torrential rain destroyed a mountain village in a southwest China's Sichuan province, state media reported today.

The landslide hit the village of Xinmo in Mao county around 6 a.m. today, and more than 40 houses were buried, according to officials from the local propaganda department, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Mao lies in Sichuan's Aba prefecture, around 110 miles by road north of the provincial capital, Chengdu.

Search and rescue efforts were underway. State broadcaster CCTV said more than 400 rescuers, including police, are involved.

"The whole village is buried, buried," a man is heard saying on a video posted on the website of Sichuan Daily, as his camera pans across earth and rocks at the scene.

The landslide also blocked a 1.2-mile stretch of river, local officials told Xinhua.

Information for this article was contributed by staff members of The Associated Press.

A Section on 06/24/2017

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