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Landslide in Yunnan kills two, nine missing

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-09 16:48

KUNMING - Two people were confirmed dead, with three injured and at least nine others still missing, after a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday morning.

Rescuers said that the 14 people had been buried in debris from the landslide that occurred at about 8:00 a.m. in Dulong Township in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

The injured were hospitalized and the search for the missing continues.