Thirty-one people dead and more missing after landslide, says Chinese state media

Authorities resumed search-and-rescue operations on Tuesday after suspending the work temporarily due to another landslide alert (CCTV via AP)

Thirty-one people were confirmed dead and several remained missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, the country’s state media has reported.

The disaster struck just before 6am on Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan.