BEIJING: An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing multiple residential buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media. Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker spotted scattered falling rocks around 8 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) and issued an emergency warning, state broadcaster CCTV said. Authorities ordered an evacuation of more than 60 residents, but the landslide occurred during the evacuation at 9:08 a.m., burying some people.

China launched a large-scale rescue operation after a landslide struck Pengshui County in Chongqing municipality on 17 July, burying part of a residential area and trapping an…

State media says a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has buried some residential buildings, trapping an undetermined number of people.

Several people were trapped after a landslide struck Pengshui county in the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing on Friday, burying residential buildings and triggering…

Today’s terrifying visuals as a massive landslide caused multiple buildings to collapse near the Wujiang Three Bridges in Pengshui, Chongqing, China.Many people are trapped under…