26 killed, 25 missing in SW China landslide

As of 7 p.m. on Friday, 26 people were confirmed dead and 25 others remained missing after a landslide hit southwest China's Guizhou Province late Tuesday, local authorities said.

In this photo taken on Friday, July 26, 2019, rescuers recover the body of a person killed in a landslide in Shuicheng County in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday.[Photo: IC]

Investigations show that 77 people from 22 households lived in the landslide-affected area. Eight visitors and workers were also residing there when the disaster occurred.

Twenty-three locals who were outside when the landslide struck have been located as of Friday afternoon while 11 injured have been sent to local hospitals, according to the emergency rescue headquarters at the site of the landslide.

Rescuers are still searching for the missing people.

At about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, a landslide lashed a village in the city of Liupanshui, burying 21 houses.