Toll rises to 19 after a landslide in China’s Sichuan province.
At before 6 a.m. on Sunday, a landslide struck a mountainous region close to the city of Leshan.
On Sunday, Chinese state media source CCTV claimed that 19 people had been killed by a landslide in China’s southern Sichuan province.
The avalanche happened early Sunday morning, at 6 a.m., in a mountainous region close to Leshan city in the southern part of the province.
Search and rescue activities, which have involved more than 180 rescue workers, are underway, according to CCTV.
According to satellite imagery and other meteorological reports, torrential rain fell on the city of Leshan in the days leading up to the tragedy.
At least four people were killed and dozens more are still missing after a coal mine collapsed in northern China earlier this year. The search efforts have been hampered by a big landslide.
At least 82 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck the mountains of southwest China in September of last year, and the hunt for dozens more who were still missing was hampered by rain, flash floods, and mudslides.
In June of 2017, a large landslide buried a mountain community in southwest China, killing at least five people and leaving over 120 others missing for hours.
