Rescue continues for landslide victims

Search and rescue operations at a landslide in Chongqing in the southwest have entered their 4th day. 27 miners are known to be trapped, and eight of them are injured. So far, 9 bodies have been recovered and 63 people are missing.

The second blasting is carried out at around 1:00 p.m. to enable  the drilling of a hole 40 meters deep to send food and air to 27  trapped miners who could still be alive after Friday's massive  landslide in Wulong County of southwest China's Chongqing, June 7,  2009.(Xinhua/Liu Chan)

Heavy rain and fog on Jiwei Mountain in Wulong halted the controlled explosion.

Rescuers are focusing on drilling holes through the rubble.

Experts believe if they're going in the right direction and all goes well, they can expect to finish an underground tunnel on Tuesday.

Rescuers are clearing the pass for heavy machinery and getting ready to administer first aid.

On Monday afternoon, new pipes and welding machines arrived.

He Zonghai, Deputy chief of Chongqing Transportion Bureau, said, "The pipes are mainly for draining of the barrier lake and sending food to the trapped people."