At least two people have died and many others are missing after a landslide happened in China’s Yunnan province.
A big slide of rocks and dirt happened in Zhaotong city at 05:51 in the morning on Monday. It trapped 47 people.
President Xi Jinping has directed a full effort to rescue people in an area with very cold temperatures.
State-owned TV channel CCTV said that two bodies were found in the collapsed building and they were not responsive.
Someone from Liangshui village told Jimu News that the landslide happened while they were sleeping.
“It was really loud, and there was also shaking, it felt like a huge earthquake,” she said.
Videos on social media showed people walking on piles of rubble with snow-covered mountains in the background. I see things like clothes and stuff mixed up with the broken bricks.
The landslide happened in a remote area of mountains, where landslides are common because of the location. The reason for this particular landslide is not known. Floods happen a lot.
The place also has a lot of coal mines.
News China said that a person from the village said that most of the people living there are old or young.
Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Guoqing is leading a group of workers to the site to help with the rescue efforts.
In January 2013, a landslide in Zhenxiong county killed at least 18 people.
More update on this story soon.