Downpour could cause further landslides

A relentless downpour is threatening to trigger more landslides and made rescue work nearly impossible in the remote north-western China region where hundreds died in massive slides triggered by weekend flooding.

Heavy rains are forecast for flood-ravaged Gansu province in the coming days - up to 3.5 inches is expected today – and the National Weather Centre said the threat of more landslides along the Bailong River was “relatively large”.