Death toll rises to 44 in China landslide

云南镇雄山体滑坡已致44人遇难2人失踪

中新网镇雄1月12日电 (记者胡远航王艳龙)记者12日凌晨在云南镇雄山体滑坡现场了解到，截至目前，山体滑坡事故已致44人遇难，还有2人失踪。

2013-01-12 11:09 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Su Jie comment

Rescuers and an excavator work at the mud-inundated debris after a landslide hit Gaopo Village in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 11, 2013. The death toll from a landslide that hit Gaopo Village on Friday has risen to 42, after m

(Ecns.cn)--The death toll from a landslide which hit a village in Southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 44 with two still missing, reported the China News Service on Saturday morning.

The landslide hit the Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo Village around 8:20 a.m. Friday. Forty-six residents—27 adults and 19 children—were buried in the rock and mud debris.

Two other injured people were sent to a nearby hospital, and it has been confirmed that their injuries are not life-threatening.

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