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| Rescuers search for the missing in the rubble at Yimin New Village of Tuban Town in Linxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, May 20, 2015. Four people were dead and four others missing in a landslide of a loess hill burst burying four farmers' houses Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan) |
LINXIAN, Shanxi, May 20 -- Four people have been confirmed dead, and four others are still missing, after a landslide on a loess hill burst burying four farmers' houses in north China's Shanxi Province Tuesday evening.
Rescuers are still searching for the missing in the rubble in Yimin New Village, Linxian County.
The landslide occurred at 8:27 p.m. Tuesday. Rescuers were told that there were nine people in the houses. Five people have been brought out from the debris. But only one of them survived.
The village was built in 2005, with 5,000 villagers relocated from their former dwellings on the hillside.
Seating on the Loess Plateau, the hills in Shanxi are prone to landslides and mudflows due to its loose geographic structure.
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