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2 dead, 3 missing in SW China landslides

2013-06-22 11:51 Xinhua Web Editor: Su Jie
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Two people were killed and three others remain missing after rainstorm-triggered landslides occurred early Friday morning in Xishui County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said.

The county was battered by torrential rain from midnight to 4 a.m. Friday, causing landslides in three of the mountainous county's villages, according to the county's publicity department.

Two people who were injured in the landslides are being treated at a local hospital.

Rescue efforts are under way.

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