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Death toll in southwestern China landslide rises to 39, with 5 people still missing



BEIJING: The death toll from a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of southwestern China rose to 39 on Thursday, while five people remained missing, Chinese state media reported.The disaster struck early Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province.Search and rescue operations continued amid freezing temperatures and falling snow.More than 1,000 rescuers were working at the site with the help of excavators, drones and rescue dogs, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Tuesday. Two survivors were found Monday and were recovering at a local hospital.State news agency Xinhua, citing a preliminary investigation by local experts, said the landslide was triggered by the collapse of a steep clifftop area, with the collapsed mass measuring around 100 meters (330 feet) wide, 60 meters (200 feet) in height and an average of 6 meters (20 feet) in thickness. It did not elaborate on what caused the initial collapse.Aerial photos posted by Xinhua showed the side of a heavily terraced mountain had spilled over several village homes. More than 900 villagers were relocated.Zhenxiong county lies about 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) southwest of Beijing, with altitudes ranging as high as 2,400 meters (7,900 feet).Rescuers struggled with snow, icy roads and freezing temperatures that were forecast to persist for the next days.Heavy snow has been falling in many parts of China, causing transportation chaos and endangering lives.



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