BEIJING – A massive landslide in southwestern China killed at least 16 people, and 24 were missing after flash floods in the east, officials and state media said Tuesday.
The landslide in Sichuan province occurred early Tuesday morning after heavy rains, said a man from the local Communist Party’s propaganda department. He said at least 16 people died and seven were hurt in Pengta township. Like most Chinese officials he would give only his surname, Zhang.
In eastern China’s Fujian province, at least 24 people are missing after flash floods and landslides Monday that swept away a bus and minivan, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Only seven people have been rescued after the two vehicles, which carried 31 people, were swept away on a mountain road, Xinhua said, quoting local Communist Party official Zhang Guowang.
Rescuers are clearing away debris that blocked roads and searching for the missing.
Rainstorms have pounded Fujian since the weekend, and rain is forecast for Tuesday.
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