A landslide in southwest China killed at least eight people and left 34 missing on Friday, local authorities said, with Chinese President Xi Jinping urging comprehensive inspections as rescue efforts were ongoing, APA reports citing CCTV.
The landslide happened around 9.10am local time (0110 GMT) in Chongqing’s Pengshui County, with more than 800 rescuers deployed to the site, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
County leader Ren Xujiang told a press conference that 18 people who were trapped were rescued. Among those, eight were pronounced dead.
The government allocated 50 million yuan (US$7.36 million) in natural disaster relief funds to support the rescue and relief operations and to provide assistance to affected residents, the ministry of finance and the ministry of emergency management said.
Xi urged authorities to swiftly determine the cause of the disaster and to “identify and eliminate geological disaster risks and other potential hazards”.
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