Landslide in southern China leaves dozens missing
Chinese state media say a number of people are missing after a landslide buried buildings in the southern city of Shenzhen. The landslide also reportedly caused an explosion in a gas pipeline.
The landslide in Guangdong province on Sunday buried some 22 buildings and left 27 people missing in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, Chinese state media reported.
Earlier reports by the state-run Xinhua news agency spoke of 41 people missing after the landslide, which hit the city’s Liuxi Industrial Park, also causing the collapse of at least one building.
