3 dead, 1 missing in SW China rain-triggered landslide

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

20/08/2025

3 dead, 1 missing in SW China rain-triggered landslide

Flood control supplies are pictured at a storage warehouse for disaster relief materials in Zhangzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province on Aug 13. (AP)

KUNMING, Aug 20, (Xinhua): Three people were found dead and one remains missing after a rain-triggered landslide struck a village in Pu'er City of southwest China's Yunnan Province in the early morning on Wednesday, according to local authorities.

The landslide hit the village in Mohei Township, Ning'er County of Pu'er at around 5:40 am Wednesday. It left a total of four people unaccounted for, of whom three were found dead and one remains missing as of 10 am.

One trapped individual has been rescued and taken to the hospital. A total of 58 villagers from 23 households in the village have been relocated to safer sites. All-out search and rescue efforts are underway.