By Simon DenyerBEIJING – More than 100 people were feared buried after a landslide caused by torrential rain destroyed a mountain village in a southwest China’s Sichuan province, state media reported Saturday. The landslide hit the village of Xinmo in Maoxian county around 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, and more than 40 houses were buried, according to officials from the local propaganda department, state news agency Xinhua reported. “The whole village is buried, buried,” a man is heard saying on a video posted on the website of Sichuan Daily, as his camera pans across earth and rocks at the scene. A rescue operation is underway, state broadcaster China Global Television News said, showing an image of two bulldozers trying to shift the debris, while a video posted by state media also showed police and soldiers on the scene. The landslide also blocked a 1.2-mile stretch of river, local officials told Xinhua.

Source: National Post June 24, 2017 03:45 UTC