Over 20 killed in China landslide

A massive landslide in south-west China has killed at least 23 people, and 24 are missing after flash floods in the east, state media reported today.

The landslide in Sichuan province occurred at the construction site of a hydroelectric dam after heavy rains, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

It said 23 workers were killed and seven wounded when part of a mountain gave way and buried the site. Four workers managed to escape unharmed.

In eastern China’s Fujian province, at least 24 people are missing after flash floods and landslides that swept away a bus and a minivan, Xinhua said in a separate report.

Only seven people have been rescued after the two vehicles, which carried 31 people, were swept away on a mountain road, Xinhua said.