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Dozens of people have been buried in a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan province.
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The masses of earth surprised many villagers while they were sleeping.
Dozens of people are now missing in the Chinese province of Yunnan.
Beijing - More than 40 people were buried in a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan province.
According to Chinese state media, according to initial findings, the authorities assumed 47 people were missing.
The earth masses hit the village of Liangshui in the north of the province, where a few thousand people live, early in the morning (local time).
State television showed images of rescue workers searching for people among the rubble.
Around midday, state television reported that rescue workers had found a survivor.
According to reports, civil protection responded with dozens of vehicles and around 300 helpers.
It was initially unclear how the landslide occurred.
The temperature at the scene of the accident was around freezing point.
It had snowed the night before.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the local government initiated further relief measures.
According to the People's Daily, soldiers were also sent to the area in Zhenxiong county, which borders Sichuan and Guizhou provinces in northeastern Yunnan.
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