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Landslide buries 47 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan province

State media showed rescue workers at the scene of the landslide [CCTV via AP Photo]

Rescue efforts are under way in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province after at least 47 people were buried in a landslide.

State news agency Xinhua reported that the disaster struck just before 6am (22:00 GMT on Sunday) in the village of Liangshui, beneath the town of Tangfang in Zhenxiong County.

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