GUWAHATI, Feb 9: A frantic search has been launched in Sichuan province in Southwestern China after nearly 30 people went missing in a devastating landslide that took place on Saturday.
A massive mound of earth fell on at least 10 houses in a village in Junlian county, burring people underneath heaps of mud while hundreds of other residents were forced to evacuate themselves to safer places, reports stated.
Two people were reportedly pulled out alive.
Although residents of the locality had witnessed rocks tumbling down the hilly terrain, nothing of this magnitude had taken place, reports further stated.
President Xi Jinping expressed his concern and urged authorities to expedite search operations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
