The death toll in China’s worst mine accident in nearly three years rose to 41 today, with five others still trapped underground.

Rescuers are searching for 28 miners trapped for more than a day in a coal mine after an explosion killed at least 19 people in China’s deadliest mining accident in nearly a year.

Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed today to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs.

An earthquake struck China’s south-western Sichuan province today, killing three people, according to reports.

Twenty-one miners have died in a coal mine explosion in south-western China, the government said today.