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Beijing: At least 15 people were killed and over 120 others remained missing after a mountain village was on Sunday buried under tonnes of rocks following a massive landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the worst such disaster in the country in recent times. Some 40 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by the cascading debris after the side of a mountain collapsed, blocking a two kilometre (one mile) stretch of river, according to a statement from the Maoxian government news office. The provincial government has launched the highest level of disaster relief response and sent rescue teams to the site, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Wang was referring to China’s deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude 7.9 temblor that struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people.
An early-morning landslide buries 40 homes and leaves 15 people dead and 114 others missing in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. At least 500 rescue workers are on scene, and a 2-km stretch of the river in Mao County is blocked.