A landslide has killed 47 people in southwestern China's Yunnan province, state media reported.
CCTV said on Monday that about 18 homes had been filled and more than 200 people had been evacuated. Authorities launched an emergency response with more than 200 rescue workers, as well as dozens of fire engines and other equipment, CCTV said.
Landslides occur frequently in China's remote Yunnan province, where steep mountains meet the Himalayan plateau. Monday's disaster occurred in a rural area surrounded by towering snow-capped mountains. According to weather data, the temperature in Zhenxiong City was hovering around -4 degrees Celsius on Monday morning.
An unknown number of villagers were buried in a landslide early Monday in China's Yunnan province. Search and rescue efforts are underway for the missing persons. #China pic.twitter.com/QkrTkKwViY
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Online footage from a local broadcaster showed emergency workers in orange jumpsuits and helmets scavenging through piles of fallen stones amid snow-capped mountains.
There was no immediate official explanation as to the cause.
In recent months, China has experienced a series of natural disasters following abnormal weather events such as sudden heavy rains.
At least seven people were killed in September when heavy rains caused landslides in southern Guangxi, according to media reports.
In August, heavy rains caused a similar disaster near the northern city of Xi'an, killing more than 20 people, and in June, a landslide killed 19 people in the same remote mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan. did.
