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Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 12

Source: Xinhua | 04-28-2009 18:16

KUNMING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Five more bodies had been retrieved from a landslide site in southwest China's Yunnan Province by 1 p.m. Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 12, according to a local government official.

Five more bodies had been retrieved from a landslide site in southwest China's Yunnan Province by 1 p.m. Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 12, according to a local government official.
Five more bodies had been retrieved from a landslide site 
in southwest China's Yunnan Province by 1 p.m. Tuesday, 
bringing the death toll to 12, according to a local 
government official.

Tang Guoqian, head of the public affairs department of the government of Weixin County, said that 10 people were still missing.

The landslide took place at 12:40 p.m. Sunday at Xiaoba Village, Zhaxi Township, after almost four days of torrential rain.

The landslide destroyed two buildings of the Huajiaba Coal Mineat the site.

Two people were injured and were in stable condition in a hospital.