Twenty-nine people have been confirmed missing after a devastating landslide hit a village in Yibin, Sichuan province, China on Saturday (Feb 8), according to a news conference held early Sunday morning.
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00:0029 people remain missing after a massive landslide struck a village in Yibin, Sichuan Province
00:07on Saturday.
00:08The landslide, which hit Jinping Village in Yibin, Sichuan Province on Saturday, has
00:37hit Jinping Village in Junlian County at around 11.50 a.m., buried ten homes and a
00:42production facility.
00:44Authorities are still verifying the total number of missing persons.
00:48Preliminary assessments suggest that continuous rainfall and unstable geological conditions
00:53triggered the disaster.
00:55The landslide displaced over 100,000 cubic meters of debris, creating a 1.2 kilometer-long
01:02flow that remains active.
01:05Sichuan authorities have deployed 949 rescue personnel, along with emergency equipment
01:11and supplies.
01:12More than 200 residents in at-risk areas have been relocated.