Five people are missing following a landslide that occurred Wednesday morning in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said.
The landslide occurred in the village of Xinzhai in the city of Xuanwei at 5 a.m., trapping eight people, the municipal government said.
Rescuers have pulled three people out of the debris thus far.
Rescue efforts for the five missing are under way.
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