Nine people were confirmed dead and 28 others remain missing after a landslide hit a village in east China's Zhejiang Province Friday night, local authorities said early Saturday.
The landslide was reported at around 10:50 p.m. in Lidong Village of Yaxi Township in the outlying Liandu District of Lishui City, the city government said in a press release.
It said torrents of mud and rocks buried 27 homes in the village.
Rescue work began immediately after the landslide. More than 2,300 people and 60 vehicles were sent. Zhejiang Province Governor Li Qiang is organizing the rescue effort at the site.
Only 10 people were found as of Saturday morning, nine of whom had died. The only survivor was in the hospital, the document said.
Search and rescue continued Saturday.
Tents, food and water were transported to the village as part of the rescue effort after about 300 people were evacuated.
Lishui reported heavy rain over the past two days. As of 8 a.m. Friday, average precipitation had reached 36 mm. It was still raining when the landslide happened, the local weather bureau said.
