Landslide in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, 11 died

Beijing
Eleven people have died and 42 are missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, the government said.
Rescuers have freed 11 survivors after a mudslide buried 21 houses in a village in Shuicheng county, the Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.
Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for a “careful investigation” into flood and disaster management to reduce further damage, the ministry said.
Landslides are a frequent danger in rural and mountainous parts of China, particularly after heavy rain, and the country has suffered heavy flooding in 2019 so far.
A separate landslip at a construction site in a village in Hezhang County in Guizhou killed one person and six others are missing, the county government said.
About 2.2 million people in Guizhou have been affected by floods and heavy winds in the first half of the year, and natural disasters have shaved off 3.1 billion yuan ($450 million) off the local economy this year, China’s local news reported.