Beijing, Sept. 19 (SANA) – Five people are missing after a mudslide struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province early Saturday, local authorities said.
The mudslide occurred near the Shijiagou Tunnel in Yanbian County, Panzhihua City, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
The provincial emergency management department has dispatched a working team to the site to guide rescue operations, while relief efforts are still underway.
Earlier, six people were killed and others remained missing after landslides struck Suichuan County in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province.
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