Landslide in Northwest China kills 7 people, injures 12
10:51, 26 May 2013
MOSCOW. May 26. KAZINFORM Seven people were killed and 12 injured in a landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported citing local authorities.
The landslide occurred at around 10:00 a.m. local time as it descended on a two-storey dormitory, owned by a local coal mining company, completely destroying the building.
Rescuers finished the relief operation by 7:00 p.m. having pulled out seven dead bodies from under the rubble and rescued 12 people, who were put in local hospitals, RIA Novosti informed.
In August of 2010, a severe mudslide in another Chinese northwest province of Gansu left over 1,150 people killed and almost 600 missing.