China landslide leaves 120 missing in Sichuan

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Source: BBC

24 June 2017 China

More than 120 people are missing after a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say.

About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday).

Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks dislodged by heavy rainfall. The bodies of 15 people have so far been found.

President Xi Jinping urged rescuers to "spare no effort".

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