At around 5:51 a.m. on January 22 (local time), a landslide occurred in Liangshui village in Zhenxiong county (Yunnan province, southwestern China), burying and leaving 47 people in 18 households missing.
More than 500 people were later evacuated from the danger zone.
A victim is rescued at the scene. (Photo: The Paper)
Emergency forces with more than 300 rescue workers and dozens of fire engines and many devices were deployed to the scene to search for the missing people.
As of 11am the same day, only one man had been rescued at the scene.
Rescue workers are continuing to urgently search for victims in collapsed houses.
Previously, in December 2023, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on the night of December 18 (local time) most severely affected the two provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, a mountainous region in northwestern China. Authorities said that at least 131 people were killed and more than 700 were injured, making it one of the country's most devastating earthquakes in the past 9 years.
Many homes collapsed, roads were damaged and power and communication lines were down. At least one landslide occurred, with a series of aftershocks and rescue workers were scrambling to find survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
The epicenter was about 1,300 kilometers southwest of the capital Beijing. This remote mountainous region is home to several predominantly Muslim ethnic groups and is close to several Tibetan communities. Geographically, it is located in central China, although the region is often referred to as the northwest, as it is on the northwestern edge of a more populous region.
Hoa Vu (Source: The Paper)
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