Rescuers work at the landslide site at Xiaoba Village of Weixin County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 27, 2009. At least seven people were killed and 15 others are missing in a landslide at the village April 26. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)
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KUNMING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- One more body was retrieved from mud and rocks shortly after midnight, bringing the death toll in two landslides in southwestern China's Yunnan Province to 11, local authorities said Monday morning.
Both landslides occurred at about noon Sunday in the
same city, but one was the result of an industrial accident, while the other was
a natural disaster, the officials said.
They said 15 people were still missing and two were
injured, after one landslide at about 11:40 a.m. Sunday in Linfeng Township and
another at about 12:40 p.m. in Zhaxi Township.
Both townships in Weixin County were under the
jurisdiction of Zhaotong City, the county's publicity department said.
The injured were hospitalized and in stable
condition.
The department said the first landslide, which killed
four passers-by, was caused by unsafe quarry production.
The second, which left seven dead, two injured and 15
missing, was a natural disaster. The site was where the latest body was
retrieved, according to an initial investigation by experts sent by the
provincial government.
The department said the weather was fine with no
rain.
Rescuers are still searching for the missing.
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