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China landslide kills 18, many more buried

Published: 11 Jan 2013 - 11:24 am | Last Updated: 06 Feb 2022 - 05:56 am

BEIJING: A landslide in southwestern China on Friday killed at least 18 people, including seven from one family, while more than two dozen others were trapped, local authorities and state media said.
 
A total of 46 people were buried in the disaster in landslide-prone Yunnan province, the official Xinhua news agency said. The Zhenxiong county government confirmed that 18 of those buried had been killed. (AFP)