A rain-triggered landslide buried a house in Shizhuang Village, Xuyong County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on July 9 morning, leaving five people missing, according to local authorities, EDnews reports, citing Xinhua.
Heavy rainfall hit Zhengdong Township, Xuyong County, from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. The county government said that 24 residents near the landslide area have been relocated.
Search and rescue operations for the missing are underway.
Personnel from local emergency management and healthcare departments, as well as geological experts, fire and rescue teams, and local disaster relief forces, have been mobilized to the site.
Meanwhile, neighboring Chongqing Municipality has also been battered by severe downpours since Tuesday, with over 100 rainfall stations recording 24-hour precipitation levels classified as extreme heavy rain and heavy rain, according to the municipal meteorological and emergency management departments.
